Article: Riley, N., Lubans, D., Holmes, K., Hansen, V., Gore, J., & Morgan, P. (2017). Movement-based mathematics: Enjoyment and engagement without compromising learning through the EASY Minds program. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 13(6), 1653–1673. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.00690a Riley and colleagues’ EASY Minds study is, at its core, a very grounded promise: you can embed physical activity into primary math lessons and get more enjoyment and engagement without sacrificing the quality of learning. Students described the shift from worksheet-heavy routines to lessons where they were outside, moving, collaborating, collecting data, and then actually doing something with that data. Teachers didn’t frame it as cute exercise breaks, but as a different pedagogy: one that made math feel less like rinse and repeat and more like sense-making with your whole body. And honestly, reading it alongside my thesis brain (households, early childhoo...
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