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James Tanton

James Tanton

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Dec 1, 2024

The Truth about Arithmetic:

Chapter 17: Comparing Fractions

The Truth about Arithmetic:

James Tanton

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Nov 26, 2024

The Truth About Arithmetic

Chapter 10: Division

The Truth About Arithmetic

James Tanton

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May 31, 2020

A Math Essay: Why I like my HOW TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET video

It’s turned out to be one of my most popular videos and I am proud that it is! (There’s also a cameo sheet-folding spot in a recent math…

A Math Essay: Why I like my HOW TO FOLD A FITTED SHEET video

James Tanton

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Apr 18, 2020

COVID-19 Exposes Mathematics Education Inadequacies: A modicum of (secret) relief for Educators.

Mathematics teachers are fabulous. The past number of weeks have proven to be particularly challenging for all teachers to turn their…

COVID-19 Exposes Mathematics Education Inadequacies: A modicum of (secret) relief for Educators.

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James Tanton

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Jan 30, 2019

Two Key — but ignored— Steps to Solving Any Math Problem

Here’s a strange question.

Two Key — but ignored— Steps to Solving Any Math Problem

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James Tanton

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Dec 28, 2018

Breaking the Mathematics Education System Despite Itself

There is a psychological tactic employed by some classroom teachers following a strict curriculum: to bond with one’s students by casting…

Breaking the Mathematics Education System Despite Itself

James Tanton

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Oct 31, 2018

Global Joy: Uplifting Mathematics in Classrooms Across the Planet

During a special week in October of 2017 a global phenomenon in mathematics education and outreach occurred: thousands of math teachers…

Global Joy: Uplifting Mathematics in Classrooms Across the Planet

James Tanton

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Sep 29, 2018

A Young Student’s Approach to Polygon Areas

Sharing the work of Sameer Sharma, age 16.

A Young Student’s Approach to Polygon Areas

James Tanton

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Aug 30, 2018

PERSONAL STORIES OF DISCOVERING MATHEMATICS

Do you have a specific first memory of discovering mathematics, that is, a piece of mathematics that was original to you, that you felt you…

PERSONAL STORIES OF DISCOVERING MATHEMATICS

James Tanton

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Jun 10, 2018

A Word of Explanation: Exploding Dots again (… and again? … and again?)

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics there are well over 700 million enrolled primary school students in the world and well…

A Word of Explanation: Exploding Dots again (… and again? … and again?)

James Tanton

James Tanton

Bringing joyful, genuine, meaningful, uplifting learning to the world is my thing … especially with mathematics. Global Math Project, Beagle Learning & more!

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