Education 2021 Grant Funding can Help Students Overcome Learning Loss If you have an idea for a way to support your students, but you're struggling to secure funding, here are a few grants available that you may consider applying for or sharing with your administration.
Education How to improve maths instruction utilising mastery-based learning and technology for targeted differentiation The lesson was going great. Most of my senior math students seemed pretty switched on to what I had just explained. That was until they had to perform an operation involving fractions. But they should have mastered fractions long ago, right?
Education How does mastery learning compare with performance-oriented learning, and why should teachers care? "Will this be on the exam?" Typically, the frequency of students asking this question increases with age. Primary students learn that exams are somehow important. Astute middle school students recognise a correlation between their test scores and semester reports. Eventually, upon graduation from secondary school, students have often
Education Continuous Assessment - what Mathspace is doing to help We decided to build a product that addresses the function of assessment in a way that was beneficial to all parties involved - introducing Waypoints, an online continuous assessment tool that utilizes smart AI-powered diagnostics to track student gaps and growth.
Education Continuous Assessment - an alternative to high-stakes testing? Whilst standardized tests have been around for centuries, their purpose and function as the main tool to assess student learning has become increasingly questionable in the 21st century with the advancement of technology. So, is there a better way?
Education What a 95% Vaccine Efficacy Rate Actually Means It has been refreshing and exciting to hear the numbers of COVID-19 vaccines being administered. But along with the hope and good cheer surrounding the vaccinations, also comes the concern over just how effective they are. Let's dive in and see what that effective rate actually means.
Mathematics Happy Pythagorean Theorem Day 2020 For the first time since 2017, December 16, 2020 marks another Pythagorean Theorem Day!
Mathematics Inspiring Young Minds with the KIOSC Theta World Competition Mathspace is excited to announce that we have partnered with the Swinburne University of Technology’s Knox Innovation Opportunity and Sustainability Center (KIOSC) and its partner schools to help facilitate their KIOSC Theta World competition. KIOSC provides secondary school students with opportunities that excite and inspire them about STEM education
Education But what do students across Australia think? To date, very little has been shared on how student feel about returning to school and the pandemic overall. So between May and July of this year, our team surveyed over 13,000 students and over 550 teachers across Australia to help us answer the question: What do the students think?
Education But what do students across the United States think? Students are one of the major stakeholders in our educational system, yet very little has been shared on what they think about returning to school and the pandemic overall. So our team surveyed students and teachers across the country, and gave them the opportunity to share their thoughts.
Education For the longest time For the longest time, the words of Sir Ken have rung true to me. I’m deeply saddened by the news of his passing, but I do know that he has left a legacy of a whole army of education fighters all over the world and that his words will ring true for some time to come.
Education A simple guide to running a remote math classroom Teaching remotely is more than just replicating the physical classroom online. The real challenge is not which platform to use, but how to effectively use combinations of digital tools to set up an online learning culture.
Company Top Math Teachers in North America Recognized in the 2020 Esteemed Educator Awards We recognize our top math educators of 2020 in North America.
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Product Introducing teacher reports After many months of research and development, I’m very pleased to be able to present this range of reporting tools which gives you practical and easy-to-action insights to help you in the day-to-day running of your classroom.
Education Stations in the math classroom We look at the challenges of implementing stations in the math classroom and ways to overcome them.
Education Supporting struggling learners with Response to Intervention At Mathspace, we believe every student can excel in mathematics with the right help at the right time. See how Mathspace supports the Response to Instruction and Intervention (RTI) model to help struggling learners.
Mathematics Stones and apples "How can it be that two objects, initially traveling in parallel, can continue each moving in a straight line and yet end up meeting one another?" Jake reveals the answer in this interesting thought experiment.
Education How Mathspace has helped to improve student confidence at Sacred Heart College > Initially, students were against Mathspace because of the online nature. But now students really value the support within Mathspace. It has helped many students to become independent learners and extra hands in the classroom. Jamie Walker Math Teacher and Year 7 Leader Snapshot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- School name: Sacred Heart College,
Education Our Esteemed Educators of 2019 We celebrate our three hundred and fifty Esteemed Educators in the US.
Mathematics A little something nothing What do you get when you break mathematics down to its core? Well - nothing, really. That’s what Jake demonstrates, using some familiar objects, as he explores the big picture view of math.
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
Mathematics 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
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
