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How does a teacher come up with plausible wrong answers for multiple choice tests?

answered Mar 14, 2020 at 17:25

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‘Lies to children’ in mathematics and statistics education

answered Jan 27, 2023 at 11:26

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Dividing by zero

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Is Khan academy really good?

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Tutoring a recalcitrant/awkward/exasperating student---special needs?

answered Mar 15, 2017 at 6:42

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Is there a virtue to learning how to compute by hand?

answered Mar 2, 2021 at 19:26

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Why is absolute value difficult?

answered Aug 7, 2020 at 12:40

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What is the value of sentence type maths problems for primary school students?

answered May 30, 2016 at 14:00

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Imbuing a six year old with a sense of mathematical wonder

answered Dec 10, 2015 at 18:25

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Effects of early study of advanced books

answered Jun 26, 2015 at 11:42

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What is the required mathematical background of a US elementary school math teacher?

answered Dec 3, 2017 at 9:14

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Misuse of parentheses for multiplication

answered Oct 25, 2016 at 18:32

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What is a good method for drawing a Möbius band on the blackboard?

answered Nov 9, 2015 at 20:57

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Why does math need to be practiced and exercised, when L1 Linguistic Competence is subconscious?

answered Oct 2, 2022 at 10:37

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How to teach brackets?

answered Oct 4, 2015 at 13:14

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What on earth was Old Math?

answered May 1, 2016 at 11:11

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How to explain fractions to 7 year old kid

answered Nov 27, 2018 at 8:46

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A student is cheating and I don't know how

answered Mar 19, 2018 at 18:07

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How to teach a student algebra who misses too much previous knowledge?

answered Dec 26, 2017 at 19:54

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How to teach "after-before" of numbers to a $5$ year old?

answered Nov 18, 2015 at 15:35

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Concrete way to teach addition and subtraction of fractions

answered Jun 5, 2020 at 9:40

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Math Education for Students who use Right-to-Left Written Languages

answered Jun 17, 2020 at 4:30

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Analyzing an answer to the following problem: Give meaning to $\frac{4}{5} + \frac{2}{3}$

answered Apr 17, 2021 at 19:11

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How to train facility with numbers?

answered Oct 14, 2021 at 8:07

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What is the rationale for distinguishing between proper and improper fractions?

answered Oct 2, 2021 at 17:14

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Seeking Concise Article on Motivations for and Benefits of Standards-Based Grading

answered Jul 7, 2015 at 11:31

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Examples of vocabulary that have different meanings in Mathematics compared to "everyday" English

answered Apr 6, 2016 at 14:53

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Examples of Mathematical Slang

answered Jan 7, 2016 at 21:00

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How can I validate the existence of percentages above 100?

answered Jul 15, 2022 at 10:00

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Could schools jump straight into teaching real numbers first then teaching fractions later?

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How does a teacher come up with plausible wrong answers for multiple choice tests?

‘Lies to children’ in mathematics and statistics education

Dividing by zero

Is Khan academy really good?

Tutoring a recalcitrant/awkward/exasperating student---special needs?

Is there a virtue to learning how to compute by hand?

Why is absolute value difficult?

What is the value of sentence type maths problems for primary school students?

Imbuing a six year old with a sense of mathematical wonder

Effects of early study of advanced books

What is the required mathematical background of a US elementary school math teacher?

Misuse of parentheses for multiplication

What is a good method for drawing a Möbius band on the blackboard?

Why does math need to be practiced and exercised, when L1 Linguistic Competence is subconscious?

How to teach brackets?

What on earth was Old Math?

How to explain fractions to 7 year old kid

A student is cheating and I don't know how

How to teach a student algebra who misses too much previous knowledge?

How to teach "after-before" of numbers to a $5$ year old?

Concrete way to teach addition and subtraction of fractions

Math Education for Students who use Right-to-Left Written Languages

Analyzing an answer to the following problem: Give meaning to $\frac{4}{5} + \frac{2}{3}$

How to train facility with numbers?

What is the rationale for distinguishing between proper and improper fractions?

Seeking Concise Article on Motivations for and Benefits of Standards-Based Grading

Examples of vocabulary that have different meanings in Mathematics compared to "everyday" English

Examples of Mathematical Slang

How can I validate the existence of percentages above 100?

Could schools jump straight into teaching real numbers first then teaching fractions later?