Engaging children in math learning is a problem that continues relentlessly, year after year. We don’t seem to know how to fix the dropping math scores (and reading but that’s for another article). We can’t even blame it on COVID! If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week‘s article:
Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. And That’s Before COVID Hit
Math scores for 9- and 13-year-old students on the “Nation’s Report Card” declined sharply from 2012 to 2020, and reading scores remained largely flat, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress Long-Term Trend study released today…
Ask a Tech Teacher has several articles in December that discuss this issue:
What is ‘Technical Math’–December 10, 2021
Returning to Rigorous Mathematics–December 16, 2021
Math Scores Drop Again–December 17, 2021
We at Ask a Tech Teacher have written a lot about resources to address this problem:
Online Math Resources (long list)
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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
