Tag Archives: Math Munch

Math Games Might Be Sort Of Good For Your Brain

Posted on October 31, 2016 by annahaensch

Good news, all that time you spent playing World of Warcraft might have made you smarter. A study out of Stanford just showed that playing video games just 10 minutes each day can make you better at math. The study … Continue reading →

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Getting Warmer…

Posted on June 15, 2015 by evelynjlamb

I’m currently teaching a summer school for high school students. Our main focus is number theory and its applications to cryptology, but I like to start each morning with some kind of warm-up math puzzle or game. I know plenty … Continue reading →

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Awesome K-12 Math Teachers Exist! And they have blogs.

Posted on March 31, 2014 by bfinegold

I sometimes get tired of hearing about how “teachers (meaning K-12 teachers) just don’t understand this or that, or won’t try doing something new,” or are deficient in some way or another.  We often advise teachers to let go of … Continue reading →

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