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Revolutionizing Mathematics Assessments Pt. 4: Best Practices for Implementation

The fourth and final part of the series looking at how Mathspace Check-Ins work, why they matter and how to implement them effectively. Pt. 4 outlines best practice for implementing Check-Ins.

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Revolutionizing Mathematics Assessments Pt. 3: Turning Data into Action

The third of a four-part series looking at how Mathspace Check-Ins work, why they matter and how to implement them effectively. Pt. 3 introduces the personalised recommendations powered by Check-Ins.

Revolutionizing Mathematics Assessments Pt. 2: Validation through Personalization

The second of a four-part series looking at how Mathspace Check-Ins work, why they matter and how to implement them effectively. Pt. 2 provides an in-depth explanation of how we ensure accuracy in assessment.

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Revolutionizing Mathematics Assessments Pt. 1: Discovery vs. Growth

The first of a four-part series looking at how Mathspace Check-Ins work, why they matter and how to implement them effectively. Pt. 1 covers the format of Check-Ins.

We’ve launched early access to our new 2023 Common Core textbook editions

Today Mathspace released early access to our new 2023 editions of the Mathspace Common Core AGA and Grade 6-8 textbooks. These are available to all Mathspace teachers. The new books include thousands of additional interactive questions and new applets to provide visual support for understanding mathematical concepts. The books also

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New efficacy initiative to support more evidence-driven edtech decision-making

Today Mathspace has announced an all-new efficacy initiative to support edtech decision-making. The company has committed a free Mathspace class for every teacher, forever.

Introducing our Engage Activities for the IB: Real-world mathematics to foster inquiry and develop problem-solving skills

We believe that the right classroom structures are essential to ensuring that all students have a mathematical voice in the classroom. Our Engage Activities have been specifically designed to do just this, and we are very excited to be able to now add these to our IB textbooks for MYP and DP.

Mathspace for the IGCSE

Following on from the release of the International Baccalaureate MYP 2-5 & DP (SL) textbooks earlier this year, the textbook authoring team here at Mathspace has now finalised and released a brand new set of three curriculum-aligned textbooks for the following IGCSE courses

Happy Pi Day 2021

Every 14th of March (3/14) mathematicians and math lovers around the globe recognize and celebrate International Pi Day. But Pi Day 2021 is unique in its own way

Mathspace for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

Mathspace has been working on a brand new set of textbooks for the International Baccalaureate and, as of the start of this year, they’ve been released into BETA for schools to test and explore. The Content Team have worked to build and align the content for the following books

Top Math Teachers in North America Recognized in the 2020 Esteemed Educator Awards

We recognize our top math educators of 2020 in North America.

Important changes to the devices we support

If you have students using Mathspace on a Windows or an iOS touch device, we have made some changes which might impact them. iOS app changes for iPad users Last year we released  a new version of the Mathspace iOS app to the Apple app store. This new iOS app

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Utah Education Policy Center recognizes Mathspace’s impact on student growth

The Utah STEM Action Center has reported a statistically significant increase in student math proficiency and growth for Mathspace students The Utah STEM Action Center is in the second year of a five year evaluation program, assessing the impact of digital adaptive math programs on student learning. A report presenting

“Make mistakes fearlessly”

We asked some of the women of Mathspace to share their hopes for fellow women in the field of mathematics.

Teacher Workload and Adaptive Learning

How adaptive learning can help maximise the impact of feedback and reduce teacher workload The aim  of this post is to provide a summary of some of the current research  into marking and feedback to enable you to have informed discussions at  your school and hopefully reach a sustainable workload

Math is Cool

A few neat mathematical properties for your enjoyment Jonathan’s math class — circa 2000: “Take  out your calculators. Now, somebody give me a number to divide by 7. I  bet I can calculate the answer to the same number of decimal places as  your calculator before you can even type

What’s new for Australia?

An update on our content for Australia (July 2018 — September 2018) Michael and Jono from our content teamThe content team have been working on many projects, some of which you can read about elsewhere. But at Mathspace we are always creating and optimising our lessons and questions to make sure

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What is adaptive learning?

And how can adaptive technology create personalized learning experiences for students? Adaptive learning is not a new concept, but its implementation is now finally becoming a reality and those in the education sector should know what it is so they can be ready to benefit from it. So what is

The Mathspace Teacher Challenge

A fresh take on traditional mathematics competitions In 2018 we launched our first-ever nationwide Mathspace Teacher Challenge in Australia. More than 80,000 students and 1,400 teachers from across the country  took part in the Challenge which ran for four weeks, from 20 August to  17 September 2018. The

Our Esteemed Educators of 2018

We celebrate the top Mathspace educators of the United States In 2018 we named two hundred and fifty math teachers across the United States as the Mathspace Esteemed Educators,  recognized for their vision and innovative approach to math education,  their successful implementation of technology in the classroom, and  helping their

Mathspace launches major Common Core content upgrade

New CCSS content spanning Grade 3 to Precalculus Today we’re pleased to announce a major upgrade of the CCSS [http://www.corestandards.org/] content on Mathspace. We want to make it easier for teachers to:  understand and track how their students are learning; align our content  to school scope

Common Core Upgrade

Detailed breakdown of what’s new Overview * Lots of new content — this includes more investigations and more subtopics. In particular, lots of new geometry subtopics * More granular alignment to every standard * Newly updated mapping documents on our curriculum page * More focused alignment to High School Algebra and High School Functions

What’s new for Australia?

An update on our content for Australia (April to June 2018) For us, this past Term has been all about optimising our existing content. We’ve put a lot of effort into improving the topics that are core to your curriculum. We’ve created lessons where students can engage in

Going down the rabbit hole

Fibonacci’s Numbers are amazing, creative, fascinating and worth every second of this blog post. That’s Jonathan, and his empty coffee cup!This week we didn’t have coffee with our school liaison, Jonathan Templin, because: a.) He doesn’t drink coffee and; b.)  He recently launched Mathspace Canada

What’s new for the US?

An update on our new content for the United States (Jan to Mar 2018) Elementary The distributive property for multiplication is introduced to students in Grade 3 through the idea of the area model for multiplication. Students identify that the area of 9 x 27 is the same as the