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Tappan Junior High Students Play Math Games To Train For National Academic Games Olympics, April 1969 Photographer: Jack Stubbs

Tappan Junior High Students Play Math Games To Train For National Academic Games Olympics, April 1969 image
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1969
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Ann Arbor News, April 6, 1969
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Discussing strategies for playing the mathematical game of "On Sets" are Mrs. Marc Ross and four Tappan Junior High students. David Sandalow and Clark Carrington are the students at left. Mark Plant is sitting on the desk. Next to him is Mary Beth Ogilvie. The Tappan students are among 15 junior-high pupils in the Ann Arbor Public Schools presently in training for the National Academic Games Olympics - a math tournament to be held April 24 to 26 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. At least five Ann Arbor students will compete. "On Sets" is a game about set theory and "new math", as can be seen from the symbols on the blackboard. Mrs. Ross is among several teachers helping to train the students for the nation-wide competition at the end of the month. (News photo by Jack Stubbs)
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Ann Arbor Summer Academy Students Solve Math Problems In Michigan Stadium, June 1992 Photographer: Robert Chase

Ann Arbor Summer Academy Students Solve Math Problems In Michigan Stadium, June 1992 image
Year:
1992
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 22, 1992
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Ann Arbor Summer Academy teacher Scott McDonald helps students Tracey Foley, 13, George Blevins, 13, and Yolanda Doster, 11, calculate how many footballs it would take to fill Michigan Stadium.
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Dicken School 2nd Graders Use Manipulative Materials For Math, November 1960 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Dicken School 2nd Graders Use Manipulative Materials For Math, November 1960 image
Year:
1960
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 11, 1960
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USE MANIPULATIVE MATERIALS: Children in Miss Joanna Cornett's second grade room at Dicken School are using manipulative materials for arithmetic classes. Simplified adding machines and abacuses are among the materials used. Working with some of the items are (left to right) Bobby Birkhold, Andy Adamson, Susan Anderson, Jean Wu and Jeff Haynes.
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Miss Hazel Rich Explains A Math Problem To Kit Markham At Tappan Junior High School, April 1959 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Miss Hazel Rich Explains A Math Problem To Kit Markham At Tappan Junior High School, April 1959 image
Year:
1959
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 23, 1959
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EXPLAINS MATH PROBLEM: Miss Hazel Rich (right), a mathematics teacher at Tappan Junior High School, explains an algebra problem to Kit Markham, a ninth grader at the school. Miss Rich has taught here for 32 years.
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Mary Mitchell Oversees A Math Lesson In Her Pittsfield School District Classroom, March 1949

Mary Mitchell Oversees A Math Lesson In Her Pittsfield School District Classroom, March 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 3, 1949
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TEACHER WILL BE HONORED: Mrs. Mary D. Mitchell (right) of East Ann Arbor is pictured above at the job she has done for 30 years - teaching youngsters. Mrs. Mitchell, who teaches third and fourth grade pupils at School No. 1, Pittsfield School District No. 9, will be honored for her 30 years in the teaching profession by the PTA and the Parents' Group of the two Pittsfield District schools at a 7 o'clock banquet Thursday night in the First Methodist Church. She has taught at School No. 1 since 1930. Shown with her are (left to right) Garland J. Cobb, Rosedale Ave., a third grader; Mary Jane Godfrey, Platt Rd., who is in the fourth grade; and Alice May Nodine, Springbrook Ave., a third grader, who watch Jerry J. Orr, Springbrook Ave., as he does a division problem under Mrs. Mitchell's guidance.
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Exploring the Mind | When Counting Doesn't Count: The Development of Math Skills in Young Children

For decades schools have struggled with how to teach and increase the learning of mathematics in children. It has been the focus of multiple federal programs and funding agency (NSF, NIH, IES, Gates Foundation) initiatives. Even with all of this focus and research dollars, we see very few changes in children increasing their ability in mathematics especially in foundational skills like fractions.

At this event Pam Davis-Kean, Professor of Psychology at the Institute for Social Research, reviewed her research over the last few years trying to understand the developmental pathways of math achievement. She explored both individual characteristics (self-concept) and contextual influences (parenting, socioeconomic status) that may relate to the early development of math skills. Throughout the talk, the issue of whether or not counting is an important skill as children enter into schooling was discussed, as well as how math skills prior to formal schooling predict college attendance.  

About Dr. Pam Davis-Kean:

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