Dan Meyer
Person on 4 sites
Maths educator; writes Mathworlds on how mathematics is taught and why so much of the technology sold to schools does not help.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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21 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Claims that a method helps children learn several times faster are meaningless without specifying what they are learning faster. (opens korrents.com)
“the right follow-up question whenever anyone claims they can help kids learn 2x, 5x, or 10x faster is "learn what?"”
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Learning faster than normal in education usually means covering fewer or shallower goals, not learning more efficiently. (opens korrents.com)
“The public can debate those goals, of course, but they require resources, chief among them time. Doing more stuff generally requires more time. One weird trick for saving time, more and more parents are learning, is to…”
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Excessive enthusiasm for education technology tends to emerge where a tech company's spare cash meets a school system's tight budget. (opens korrents.com)
“Edtech psychosis flourishes wherever a giant tech company's free cash flow meets education's threadbare operating budgets.”
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Claims that a method helps children learn several times faster are meaningless without specifying what they are learning faster. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Addition By Heart (opens rcmnd.app)
“Dan Finkel’s addition flashcards are beautiful to look at and hold in your hand.”
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Beast Academy (opens rcmnd.app)
“Then we do a page or two out of the Beast Academy books from the team at Art of Problem Solving. My kids dig the comic-style illustrations and character design and I dig that they’re working on creative math puzzles…”
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Kahoot! Numbers by DragonBox (opens rcmnd.app)
“Kahoot! Numbers by Dragonbox The physical metaphors are solid here.”
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Addition By Heart (opens rcmnd.app)