Hawthorne Elementary School in Riverside is having parents attend a math workshop. The goal is to teach parents how math is taught today so they can go on to help their kids with their math homework. The way math is taught today is different from the way it was taught when parents were children. Math […]
Ed Waymire is a man that makes math sound like fun. He is a math professor who grew up learning math with his grandfather and learning to love it. He excelled at math in school and college. He narrowly missed being drafted into the Vietnam war and went on to graduate school to study more […]
Many children with learning disabilities do not get the help they need in public or even in private institutions. Classes are either to large or there are not enough teachers to individualize the curriculum. A specialized school for strictly mild to moderately learning disabled children can be the perfect fit for some children and help […]
New Bedford Schools are considering investing $347,130 over the course of three years into EnVision, a new math program that teaches problems conceptually rather than procedural and includes hands-on learning and an online component. This is called for due to the current issue of an inconsistent math program that includes discontinued materials and severely outdated […]
The Ellis Tech Simulation Club held a successful family game night on April 24, which was hosted by math teacher, David Carter. Classics such as Monopoly were available as well as a diverse assortment of advanced strategy and historical games such as “All Roads Lead to Rome”. The club’s host finds that these game nights […]
This article is about a new program being tried out in Alta Vista Elementary. The program blends fifth grade math students with six grades if they are at the proper level of education. This program has shown to benefit the student involved in multiple ways, its gives them a goal to try and strive for […]
Children with dyslexia have a difficulty reading and recognizing words. However, it is possible for dyslexia to affect a child ability to understand math. This is referred to as dyscalculia. Children with dyslexia often have short and long term memory issues. Math involves remembering concepts and applying them later. There are things teachers and parents […]
The new app game Fruit Ninja Academy: Math Master created by Halfbrick seeks to blend the excitement of their massively popular game Fruit Ninja with math to give parents and teachers a way to make learning fun again. Fruit Ninja Academy: Math Master teaches math for ages 5 to 7 in a way that the […]
Some of the best teachers in America are using novel approaches to get middle-school students interested in math and science. Rap, Acting, and other creative enterprises are making the learning of these subjects fun for students, whom in turn, are giving their attention and efforts. The result of this out-of-the box teaching suggests an embracement […]
A veteran math teacher details what it takes to have a well functioning math class. The pun was definitely intended. The teacher of 18 years states that having the right structure is essential to teaching math. Her primary role has been changed from math teacher, to a librarian.
