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Botetano, Cesar; Abrahamson, Dor – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
In Peru, national assessments repeatedly rank Indigenous mathematics students as the lowest performing across the entirety of Latin America and South America. Whereas lack of financial resources often predicts low measures, the history of educational practice teaches us that students' poverty need not predict their educational outcomes -- creative…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching, Concept Formation
Ball, Derek – Mathematics Teaching, 2009
The author provides an account of launching a new branch at the Institute of Education at Reading University, a joint branch with the Mathematics Association. In the inaugural meeting, teachers had gathered to explore the theme of creativity in learning mathematics. The workshop provides some indication of the creative spirit these teachers…
Descriptors: Creativity, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Creative Teaching
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Croucher, John S. – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2007
This article describes how a crystal ball known as "The Flash Mind Reader" is played. "The Flash Mind Reader" is a mathematics game in which the player is invited to select any-two digit number and then subtract the sum of these two digits from the original number. A chart is provided in which the (adjusted) number they…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Creative Teaching