Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...
THE banner hanging above the speaker at a TED conference on math instruction seemed to sum up the prevailing thinking: “Stop teaching calculating. Start teaching math.” Indeed, calculators have ...
When my students grow too dependent on their calculators, I ask them to find a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives them 2. Students quickly see that since 1² = 1 and 2² = 4, the answer has ...