by Silicon Valley Education Foundation, on Nov 12, 2018 8:49:58 AM
Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVeF) plays a key role in evaluating and connecting appropriate edtech companies to schools. They play an active role in the matching of companies to particular …
Read Storyby Math Enrichment, on Nov 12, 2018 8:19:54 AM
Cignition performed its first efficacy study with Math Enrichment, an organization that runs summer schools for approximately 1000 students in the San Francisco Bay Area. That study focused on rising …
Read Storyby Dr. Valorie Salimpoor, on Nov 7, 2018 10:19:05 AM
Why is math so difficult? Because “doing math” is not a unitary skill. It involves a long list of cognitive abilities, on each of which children vary widely in terms …
Read Storyby Dr. Valorie Salimpoor, on Nov 7, 2018 9:18:50 AM
Math is a subject that many students struggle with, yet it is one of the most important for many different types of careers, as well as a wide range of …
Read Storyby Cignition, on Nov 6, 2018 1:51:53 PM
Dr Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University, and the faculty director of youcubed. Her latest book is Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students’ Potential through Creative Math, …
Read Storyby Cignition, on Nov 6, 2018 1:39:12 PM
Imagine if a student's first back-to-school math assignment came not in a worksheet, but in the form of a quest, directing them to craft buildings, grow plants, corral their animals, …
Read Storyby Mike Cohen, on Nov 6, 2018 12:33:39 PM
It’s common to hear well educated adults declare themselves “not a math person,” sometimes proudly. Indeed, many people of all ages believe that mathematical ability is something you are either born with …
Read Storyby Common Sense Education, on Nov 6, 2018 12:14:43 PM
Cignition was honored to be named the only math program among Common Sense Education's 'Best Edtech of 2017' list. Read more at: https://wwwcommonsenseorg/education/top-picks/best-edtech-of-2017 …
Read Storyby Common Sense Education, on Nov 6, 2018 10:14:56 AM
Cignition is honored to have received Common Sense Education's highest 5-star rating, only attained by 4% of education programs evaluation. Read the full review, with additional teacher reviews at: https://wwwcommonsenseorg/education/website/fog-stone-isle …
Read Storyby Katrina Schwartz, on Nov 6, 2018 9:40:52 AM
Original article: https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/46865/what-neuroscience-can-tell-us-about-making-fractions-stick Fractions are a notoriously tricky part of elementary math education for many children. Too often teachers struggle to ensure students are grasping the conceptual underpinnings of this …
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