This article is about how it is important for parents to emphasize on enhancing their child’s math skills. As our world advances, academic standards are rising, along with the competition. In Indiana alone, students are struggling with the math section of the ISTEP and it is a major concern. It is important to find ways […]
This article is talking about how young kids during the summer, if they don’t use the knowledge they gained through the year, they may lose it. It gives helpful tips to parents about things they can do to make sure that this doesn’t happen and also making it fun. One way is making sure that […]
According to the Journal of Neuroscience, students can have a legitimate phobia of math, beyond a simple dislike for the subject. This anxiety should be approached via one-on-one tutoring sessions to alleviate the fear. Over the course of 8 week, cognitive tutoring was shown to lower or entirely alleviate anxiety in the children.
Ruth P. Steven’s article, “Math Phobes, Relax. How to Get Comfortable with Data” explains the techniques in order to successfully handle data in the marketing world. Her first strategy is to have some sort of inspiration to succeed. Her next strategy is relaxed and handles the data because it should not be complicated. Next, Steven […]
This article examines the topic of teenage stress and identifies various strategies that can help combat stress. It explains that hormonal changes coupled with school and social pressures create teenage stress. In particular it identifies meditation, good nutrition, exercise, counseling, organization and planning, brain training and having some fun as ways to combat teenage stress.
This article is about the controversy surrounding the current common core math technique. It seems as though lots of parents need help understanding it so that they can better help their children with their homework. Math coach Darlene Rombola and mathematician David Canfield will be giving a series to help simplify the confusion associated with […]
Students who are “twice exceptional” – those who are both highly intelligent and who struggle with learning disabilities – often fall through the cracks of the educational system. To meet these children’s needs, Rob and Leah Brzezinski founded the Arete Academy of Exceptional Education. In June 2015 the couple organized a fundraiser at Winter Park […]
This article implies that a shorter school week helps students in many ways. These ways include lower absenteeism for both student and teacher, and also rejuvenated optimism for the teachers. Of course with pros you always face cons such as attention spans of younger students dropping toward the end of the longer school days. As […]
We live in a technological world, so it’s no surprise that most schools have implemented online usage in the classrooms. Unfortunately, it seems to be having a negative rather than a positive impact on the education of our children. According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the students’ performance in mathematics as […]
Osmo is a new way of getting and keeping children interested in learning. It offers ways for multiple answers to be used for the same problem. It rewards with animations and has interactive pieces the kids can touch and hold. It replaces out dated workbooks and the anxiety of walking to the chalk board in […]
