This article discusses a woman’s history with math including less than stellar teachers, and how what you say to a child regarding their perceived abilities can be disheartening. Now an adult with a child who loves math she has to constantly make sure she doesn’t put a negative spin on the subject her daughter loves […]
One in five children who attend public school experience learning disabilities like dyslexia or ADHD. October is a month where awareness is raised for these disabilities. During this month, parents and those who work in education are reminded how to understand these problems so that they can provide better assistance to these kids and give […]
The article is about a discussion between founders and college professors about gender in math. Speakers from Harvard, both male and female agreed that the topic of women in math is a good debate yet also that drawing too much attention to just focus on gender is a problem. Whereas the founders of the organization […]
This article is written based on the idea that female students who are taught by female teachers can get higher math levels. As shown that female educators can relate more to female students and to help them find the difficulty they are having in learning basic math skills. As stated in the article, female educators […]
A Buena Park, CA resident and current girl scout loves science specifically the study of reptiles. She aims to change the stigma that science is more appealing to young males. A new Girl Scout badge encourages young women to pursue STEM interests. Surveys show that many females are interested in STEM fields, yet employment numbers […]
This article is about how making mistakes is natural and that they are necessary in the building blocks of learning and creativity. There are teachers who promote their students to just go with the flow and explore new methods on how to solve mathematical problems and to not just jump to a common solution.
There was a study done on parents who are anxious with math, they can hinder their children from learning it. After review it was showed that it does!! Parents who are anxious when it comes to help your child with math homework, it rubs off on to your child. Very nice to know maybe we […]
This article is telling us how there is a connection between music and math. This professor claims that both math and music share a “cross-streets of enthusiasm and curiosity” – passion. The claim that both math and music are related has helped many students improve both their math scores and their music scores and it […]
This article is about researchers who have been working with children since they were eight by scanning their brains in trying to predict how much their math skills would improve over the years. According to Vinon Menon, the long-term goal of this research is to identify children who might benefit most from targeted math intervention […]
The entire student body at Freedom High School participated in a rocket building program, funded by the Patriot Jet Team Foundation. The students designed and built paper rockets. Hundreds of rockets were launched. The height of the launches were then measured using paper and yarn sextants. This program allows students to experience firsthand many real […]
