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Scientific American Mind, Volume 24, Issue 4, with the right lesson plan, teachers can turn struggling students into budding mathematicians....
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Scientific American Mind, Volume 24, Issue 4, with the right lesson plan, teachers can turn struggling students into budding mathematicians. The secret is carefully guiding their adventure in numbers
Perspectives on Language and Literacy, (Winter 2017) Tracy Solomon and John Mighton discuss a strategy to help children learn their multiplication facts
Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 61, Number 2, (February 2014)
New York Times (December 10, 2013) Children love repetition, exploring small variations on a theme and incrementally harder challenges much more than adults do.
Scientific American Mind, Volume 24, Issue 4, with the right lesson plan, teachers can turn struggling students into budding mathematicians. The secret is carefully guiding their adventure in numbers
Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series B, Volume 98, Issue 6 (November 2008): 1253-1258
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Dr. Mighton’s work fostering numeracy and children’s self-confidence and abilities in math is widely recognized.
He has been named a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year, an Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year for Canada, an Ashoka Fellow, and an Officer of the Order of Canada for his achievements. A Fellow of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, John has also taught mathematics at U of T. However, his success in math did not come easily.
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Making Math Click: Understand Math Without Fear.
Join Dr. John Mighton and Dr. Barbara Oakley, Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Oakland University, in this transformative course. Designed to break down math anxiety.
