Republic of Mathematics blog

In my experience kids love writing, and trying to crack, secret codes. There’s a lot of mathematics behind codes. You can read more here. Ben Case, a year 4 class teacher in Littlehampton, near Brighton, England, tweeted on October 13, 2010: iteachyear4 Ben Case Any ideas how to switch on a group of 8 year […]

James J. Kaput Algebra has been a big concern of mathematics educators for many decades. My late colleague and friend Jim Kaput, famous for his work on algebra learning, essentially moved away from traditional algebra to simulation and modeling as routes for students to learn about change in mathematics. Jim was a visionary, and the […]