Matt Felton-KoestlerNov 30, 20185 min readThe Trouble with “High” and “Low”This post is about why it’s problematic and educationally damaging to label kids as “high” and “low.” But first, I want to start by...
Matt Felton-KoestlerAug 31, 20183 min readOatmeal and AlgebraThis morning, over his morning oatmeal, I asked Parker to think about a classic math task. I began with a single hexagon with the dots...
Matt Felton-KoestlerJul 31, 20184 min readSummer Math: Context MattersWe recently visited Bay Beach Amusement Park while in Wisconsin (it's awesome by the way). Rides there cost between 1-4 tickets and...
Matt Felton-KoestlerMar 4, 20184 min readThe Trouble with Real-ish ProblemsWe've all seen math problems like this. Problems where the context or numbers are ridiculous. And what might we say to a kid in this...
