The Math Guy

I made the point in previous posts ( The Study of Patterns  and  Next-Near-Far-Any  ) that algebraic reasoning is based on our ability to no...

Following on from my last post, here are a couple of further examples of bar models being used. The first is in a Grade 6 class and we want...

For me, one of the most important continua in learning Maths is the following: Concrete-Diagrammatic-Symbolic Too often, I feel that Mat...

A few years ago, I was in a room of 100 or so educators who were asked to draw a picture to represent the Pythagorean Rule. Maybe 5 or 6 peo...

"I deeply worry about a curriculum that pushes students to results and not let mathematics be the organic conversation it deserves to ...

“It is not the knowledge but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.” Karl F...

This year I've been learning more and more about the importance of Spatial Reasoning in Math. I've learned that Spatial Reasoning is...