Not too long ago English
Not too long ago English teachers realized that reading for pleasure was actually connected with what they were trying to teach in school. They opened up the English classroom to popular novels and...
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Puzzles are a form of problem solving, it just makes sense that it compliments math.
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I have also always been hooked on "CrossSums" (now known as Kakuro) from the Dell magazines. I still do them today to 'relax'. I also pulled in math puzzles into my classroom whenever I could.I also...
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I've always been interested in game based learning as a way to motivate the students I work with. Students are more motivated to learn when they see value in it. When they are able to use algebraic...
View ArticleBradford, Thank you for
Bradford, Thank you for sharing your insights and your plan to use Rubik's Cube to teach math! Do you teach special education students?As 350 million Rubik's Cubes have been sold over years,...
View ArticleWhere can we find the
Where can we find the solution to the puzzle above? We can't for the life of us, use the digits 1,4,5,7 to create an addition sentence that equals 14!! Need to know where we are wrong.
View ArticleHello, Mr. RG! Our community
Hello, Mr. RG! Our community manager just posed this challenge to the Edutopia gang, and I couldn't resist giving it a try. SPOILER ALERT: For anyone reading who doesn't want the answer, don't read any...
View ArticleMariko, Thanks for the
Mariko, Thanks for the post.Mr. RG, My apologies for not having read your question earlier. Your difficulty was probably in assuming that this puzzle requires each cage needs to have unique numbers....
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I agree with your comment that puzzles are a form of problem solving. I teach a problem solving/ math puzzles class and the students seem to like the challenge of puzzles. I am going to check out the...
View ArticleRecreational math problems
Recreational math problems and puzzles are extremely valuable to learning how to solve problems, by reducing complexity and confusion to the simplest possible elements. I often play with number...
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