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At Vorbasse Skole in Denmark, playful-learning coaches have been working with teachers closely to help them assess their lessons and infuse more play wherever possible. In middle school math classes, for instance, a geometry unit was transformed when teachers started offering students materials like sticks and clay to build three-dimensional shapes with their hands, letting them work out problems by drawing on plexiglass desk surfaces, and building in space for productive struggle through estimation and iteration. The students worked in teams to come up with measurements and solutions. 鈥淭hey [became] very creative鈥攗sing extra sticks to connect everything and being almost like small architects, trying to make things really last, instead of just falling down,鈥� says Danish teacher Lea Kirkegaard. Research supports this approach: Hands-on math lessons give students a chance to grapple with complex concepts more deeply鈥攁nd can result in deeper understanding.

To learn more about the research behind the practices seen in the video, check out the resources below.

• The American Academy of Pediatrics鈥� (2018) 
• Kayleigh Skene, Christine M. O鈥橣arrelly, Elizabeth M. Byrne, Natalie Kirby, Eloise C. Stevens, and Paul G. Ramchandani鈥檚 (2022) 
• Rachel Parker, Bo Stjerne Thomsen, and Amy Berry鈥檚 (2022) 
• H. M. Thuneberg, H. S. Salmi, F. X. Bogner鈥檚 (2018)
• Deborah Stipek鈥檚 (2017)
• Ingunn St酶rksen, Mari Rege, Ingeborg Fold酶y Solli, Dieuwer ten Braak, Ragnhild Lenes, and G. John Geldhof鈥檚 (2023)
• Tanmay Sinha and Manu Kapur鈥檚 (2021)