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Join Noova in her jewelry workshop!

Matific Product Team | May 17, 2022 | Product Updates

In this engaging activity, students use percentages to make alloys to create beautiful works of art for Noova’s exclusive clientele. …

Coins Division

Matific Product Team | Apr 20, 2022 | Product Updates

Join a pirate crew on their search for adventure! In this activity, students are tasked with equally sharing a hoard …

3 Amazing Ways to Use Matific in the Classroom

Andrew Crisp | Apr 19, 2022 | Thought Leadership

Having an award-winning math platform at your fingertips is a teacher’s dream. Yet, we understand that digital resources can also …

Education as Negotiation: The Case of Teaching Basic Probability

Matific Education Expert | Feb 24, 2022 | Thought Leadership

Children bring different perspectives to the classroom than teachers. While teachers bring lists of topics to cover and assessments to …

3 Ways to Overcome the Math Monster

Matific Education Expert | Feb 07, 2022 | Thought Leadership

“This is boring!” your student proclaims while solving a worksheet. In another corner of the room, students chatter instead of …

How Math Journals Help Students Become Deep Thinkers and Active Learners

Matific Education Expert | Jan 18, 2022 | Thought Leadership

Have you ever kept a journal? If you have, you know that the simple act of writing out your thoughts …

Challenges and Opportunities in Edtech - Let’s get real

Matific Education Expert | Dec 13, 2021 | Thought Leadership

During the ongoing global pandemic, edtech has been touted as a saviour that would allow education to continue. This spans …

The Case for Individualization in Mathematics: Why It Matters and How Should We Do It?

Matific Education Expert | Nov 23, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Imagine a classroom full of students facing the board, all solving the same maths problem. The teacher asks a student …

Mathematics Pedagogy: Rigor and Engagement

Matific Education Expert | Nov 09, 2021 | Thought Leadership

The way we are teaching maths right now is by trying to train human robots. Children are taught to compute …

Teaching Problem-Solving in Math for Elementary Learners

Matific Education Expert | Oct 26, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Covid-19 has led to a massive increase in innovation in nearly every arena to help us all make it through …

How Matific Uses Adaptive Technology to Help Students and Teachers Succeed

Andrew Crisp | Oct 12, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Here at Matific, we judge the merits of our work based on its adherence to our pedagogical principles, one of …

Building Number Sense Through Routines

Matific Education Expert | Sep 28, 2021 | Thought Leadership

What if math class didn’t begin with passing out worksheets and instead began with a fun, interactive activity that encouraged …

The Need to Bring Math Education into the Digital Age

Gerard Tuffield, MEd. | Sep 21, 2021 | Thought Leadership

We live in a world in which it seems that the only constant is change. For primary teachers, this poses …

Using Games to Transform K-5 Mathematics Education

Matific Education Expert | Sep 14, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Here’s a sad reality in education today: both students and teachers dislike mathematics. Elementary school teachers don’t like math for …

How to Foster Student Motivation: The Key to Academic Success

Matific Education Expert | Sep 07, 2021 | Thought Leadership

A classroom full of students are busy completing an assignment while the teacher holds a conference with a small group. …

7 Reasons to Love Matific’s New Student Experience

Matific Product Team | Aug 26, 2021 | Product Updates

Imagine you’re an explorer who’s discovered a brand new collection of islands full of adventures and treasures! This is exactly …

New Student Experience, Same Great Content

Matific Product Team | Aug 04, 2021 | Product Updates

In September, we will be launching the new Matific Student Experience with the same great Matific content. An Amazing New …

Number Comparison

Matific Content Team | Jul 28, 2021 | Content Updates

Comparing Numbers: Introducing Inequality Signs In this interactive worksheet, children will participate in activities designed to lead them from the …

Student-Led Learning: What is it? (And Why it Matters!)

Matific Product Team | Jul 12, 2021 | Thought Leadership

One of my favorite anecdotes regarding fractions is the failure of the “third pounder”. The fast-food chain A&W, a competitor …

Are Smartphones the Answer to Global Education Reform?

Darcy Jamieson | Jul 08, 2021 | Thought Leadership

If we’ve learned anything since March of 2020 when the Coronavirus pandemic began, it’s that technology is the future of …

How to Teach Fractions So Children Understand Them: 3 Tips for Success

Matific Education Expert | Jul 06, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Do you remember learning about fractions as an elementary school student? You were probably in grade 3 when you took …

Math Riddles

Matific Content Team | Jul 06, 2021 | Content Updates

Can your children solve them all? Watch your children grow mathematically as they use conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and a …

Find Activities You Need Fast

Matific Product Team | Jun 06, 2021 | Product Updates

The Matific Teacher platform now offers a time-saving, user-friendly option for locating the mathematics activities you're looking for in no …

Number Line Workshop

Matific Education Expert | May 17, 2021 | Content Updates

Jump into this new workshop with your children today to learn how valuable a number line can be! Skills: Arithmetic …

Rotational Symmetry

Matific Education Expert | May 11, 2021 | Content Updates

Rotational symmetry has never been more fun! Students build deep conceptual understanding by creating their own colorful mandala. Skills: Geometry …

Work Progress Report Now Available for Teachers

Matific Product Team | May 11, 2021 | Product Updates

How can you easily check which students in your class have done their assigned Matific activities and who has not? …

Use ESSER funds to get Matific for your school(s)

Anita Thomsen | Apr 22, 2021 | News & Events

Use ESSER funds to get Matific for your school(s) The CARES Act (ESSER I), CRRSA (ESSER II) and the American …

Class Management Upgrades Available Now!

Matific Product Team | Mar 09, 2021 | Product Updates

We know that easily accessing all of the information you need about your class or classes is important. Matific now …

New and Improved Reporting Available Now!

Matific Product Team | Mar 09, 2021 | Product Updates

Utilizing accurate and informative data is one of the best ways to make real change happen in the classroom. Our …

To do is to know mathematics

Matific Education Expert | Feb 09, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Dor Abrahamson, Ph.D., A member of the Matific Academic Board, Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development in the Graduate …

Intrinsic Engagement: Leverage children's mathematical potential and inquiring mind

Matific Education Expert | Feb 08, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Children have access to powerful mathematical ideas and an inquiring mind. They are ready to take ownership of their own …

Teaching mathematics in the 21st century

Matific Education Expert | Feb 08, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Harouna Ba, Ph.D., A member of the Matific Academic Board, Director of the Sara Lee Schupf Family Center for Play, …

Develop deep conceptual understanding in mathematics

Matific Education Expert | Feb 07, 2021 | Thought Leadership

Prof. Raz Kupferman, Chief Pedagogy Officer and Co-Founder of Matific explains what conceptual understanding is and how you can incorporate …

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