A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching mathematical concepts by using "real-world," concrete examples. Researchers at Ohio State University's Center for ...

Concrete Examples Don't Help Students Learn Math, Study Finds Date: April 25, 2008 Source: Ohio State University Summary: A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching ...

When studying to become a math teacher, many teachers-in-training are taught to use concrete, real world examples to help illustrate mathematical concepts. New research, published in last week's ...

Concrete is not warm or soft or pleasant to the touch like wood is for example and that gives it a bad reputation in a certain sense. But what we don’t take into consideration in those cases is the ...