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The Truth about Arithmetic:

Chapter 17: Comparing Fractions

Dec 1, 2024

The Truth about Arithmetic:

Dec 1, 2024

The Truth About Arithmetic

Chapter 10: Division

Nov 26, 2024

The Truth About Arithmetic

Nov 26, 2024

A Math Essay: Why I like my HOW TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET video

It’s turned out to be one of my most popular videos and I am proud that it is! (There’s also a cameo sheet-folding spot in a recent math…

May 31, 2020

A Math Essay: Why I like my HOW TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET video

May 31, 2020

COVID-19 Exposes Mathematics Education Inadequacies: A modicum of (secret) relief for Educators.

Mathematics teachers are fabulous. The past number of weeks have proven to be particularly challenging for all teachers to turn their…

Apr 18, 2020

COVID-19 Exposes Mathematics Education Inadequacies: A modicum of (secret) relief for Educators.

Apr 18, 2020

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Q.E.D.

Two Key — but ignored— Steps to Solving Any Math Problem

Here’s a strange question.

Jan 30, 2019

Two Key — but ignored— Steps to Solving Any Math Problem

Jan 30, 2019

Published in
Q.E.D.

Breaking the Mathematics Education System Despite Itself

There is a psychological tactic employed by some classroom teachers following a strict curriculum: to bond with one’s students by casting…

Dec 28, 2018

Breaking the Mathematics Education System Despite Itself

Dec 28, 2018

Global Joy: Uplifting Mathematics in Classrooms Across the Planet

During a special week in October of 2017 a global phenomenon in mathematics education and outreach occurred: thousands of math teachers…

Oct 31, 2018

Global Joy: Uplifting Mathematics in Classrooms Across the Planet

Oct 31, 2018

A Young Student’s Approach to Polygon Areas

Sharing the work of Sameer Sharma, age 16.

Sep 29, 2018

A Young Student’s Approach to Polygon Areas

Sep 29, 2018

PERSONAL STORIES OF DISCOVERING MATHEMATICS

Do you have a specific first memory of discovering mathematics, that is, a piece of mathematics that was original to you, that you felt you…

Aug 30, 2018

PERSONAL STORIES OF DISCOVERING MATHEMATICS

Aug 30, 2018

A Word of Explanation: Exploding Dots again (… and again? … and again?)

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics there are well over 700 million enrolled primary school students in the world and well…

Jun 10, 2018

A Word of Explanation: Exploding Dots again (… and again? … and again?)

Jun 10, 2018

James Tanton

James Tanton

Bringing joyful, genuine, meaningful, uplifting learning to the world is my thing … especially with mathematics. Global Math Project, Beagle Learning & more!

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