Is your child’s school forgoing handwriting practice and lessons in place of preparing for standardized testing with math reading and writing? Teachers lack the time they need to teach what the requirements are.
Teachers aren’t as equipped as we all think. Especially when it comes to dealing with learning disabilities. Read the shocking truth here.
That we live up to our own expectations has never been truer than perceived math ability. Studies were conducted in the United States, where math is considered a subject for boys rather than girls, and Singapore, where math is equally important to girls and boys. Perception of ability made a significant difference between the scores […]
In this article, children from the fourth to eighth grades are learning sophisticated math in a math circle called the Santa Cruz Math Circle. Dr. Paul Zeitz prepares for the free math circle by implementing math concepts not taught to the children in school, but rather teach it in a fun and interesting manner.
A hands on curriculum has been developed using origami art to help students better understand and to sharpen their common core math skills. The curriculum is called Origami Math Genius and is proving to work better than other most ways. Origami Math Genius, or OMG is taught in many places other than schools.
How to make math fun!
The National Research Experience for Undergraduate Program has been started up on the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. It gives undergraduate students a taste of what graduate school is like by allowing students to participate in research projects and possibly present their research at conferences. Additionally students are paid a weekly stipend and have […]
Though math and science education is becoming increasingly important in elementary and secondary schools, increased focus on these fields is not found in early childhood programs nearly as often, with several studies showing that preschool programs can spend as little as 1% of their time teaching science. With research showing that older childrens’ performance on […]
One-on-one math tutoring produced medically verifiable brain improvement in a study at Stanford University. Students were given MRI brain scans before and after eight weeks of tutoring structured for individual needs. Some of the students had math learning disabilities and some were typically developing math students. Brain scans before the tutoring demonstrated differences in specific […]
This program being designed to get parents involved with what their children has been a long time coming. Times have changed and this gives the parent a chance to get caught back up. To be able to understand the ways and curriculum the school is teaching is a great experience. This should open up the […]
