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Print Textbooks from Mathspace

Five reasons why schools should consider print and digital textbooks from Mathspace.

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Navigating the Transition: Mathspace's Free Crosswalk Skills Book for Virginia's New Math Standards

Mathspace has just launched a brand new Crosswalk Skills Book for the state of Virginia. And even better, we're making it accessible at no cost for all teachers and divisions for the 2023-2024 school year.

Revolutionizing Mathematics Assessments Pt. 4: Best Practices for Implementation

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.

Revolutionizing Mathematics Assessments Pt. 3: Turning Data into Action

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

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

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

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

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

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

Continuous Assessment - what Mathspace is doing to help

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.

Mathspace for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

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

Do textbooks still matter?

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Do textbooks still matter?

Textbooks remain a very important learning tool. Still the dominant resource used by most schools, textbooks are trusted. So we started asking: How can we enhance (rather than replace) traditional textbooks?

Features to support flexible teaching

Features to support flexible teaching

Mathspace users- here is a full list of new features that have been packed into Mathspace to help ease your back to school burden, regardless of whether you’re in the physical classroom or teaching remotely.

Introducing teacher reports

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.

Introducing the 2020 Editions

Introducing the 2020 Editions

The 2020 editions are the biggest overhaul of our questions and our lessons since Mathspace’s inception, built in direct response to feedback from teachers and students across Australia. Andrew will take us through the process and show us what's new!

Announcing Task Templates

Announcing Task Templates

Setting tasks for your students is now easier than ever. Try the Task Templates now!

Teacher Workload and Adaptive Learning

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

What is adaptive learning?

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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

Mathspace launches major Common Core content upgrade

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

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

Are online mathematics programs damaging early student learning?

Are online mathematics programs damaging early student learning?

There’s a common belief that technology always improves things. It can make things faster, more efficient, more powerful… The list goes on. With online Mathematics there’s the belief that technology can help us to move away from a traditional model of mathematics instruction and towards a new, personalized