Education News

Dyscalculia Mar 6 VC instructors employ classroom strategies to ease math anxiety #dyscalculia Victoria College understands that many people are intimidated by math and this anxiety causes them to struggle with the subject. Instructors like Melanie Yosko work to make math fun and… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Joliet teachers use computer math program to help students progress #dyscalculia A new system of learning was implemented in a school and it helped one student become a successful one. The goal of the program is to bring students to the… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Math students press play to learn more #dyscalculia What if students attended a virtual lecture at home and did their assignments at school with the help of their teacher? It’s certainly a flip of the traditional classroom approach!… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Providence fifth-graders study math with entrepreneurial fair #dyscalculia 5th grade students at Providence Christian Academy found a new way to learn about math and business; by hosting an entrepreneurial fair. Students took out loans from their parents to… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Port Edwards 5th graders learn math by programming robots #dyscalculia Fifth grade math students at Port Edwards Middle School are using advanced technology to their advantage in the classroom. Programming robots is a non-traditional method being used to teach new… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Project Innovation aims to inspire students about math, science #dyscalculia Eighth graders at Hadley Junior High School recently took part in the second annual Project Innovation program, designed to inspire kids to learn more about careers in Science, Technology, Engineering… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Additional math requirements for Utah high school students get House approval #dyscalculia Advanced math skills have been overlooked for many years, but colleges are expecting more out of students today. The Utah House just passed a bill requiring high school students to… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Fifth grade math getting too tough? #dyscalculia A pediatrician in Connecticut believes that math classes in grades 5 to 8 are too hard. According to this doctor, children are so distressed by “developmentally inappropriate” problems that they… Dyscalculia Mar 6 Putnam County Schools demonstrate a new way of doing math #dyscalculia Putnam County Tennessee schools took a bit of a leap into the unknown by deciding to start teaching integrated math in the Fall of 2011. What is integrated math? From… Dyscalculia Mar 6 For preschoolers, math means more than counting to 10 #dyscalculia The article states the results of a study done in pre-k classrooms in one of Virginia school districts. Specifically, researcher’s findings concerning the use of the “My Teaching Partner –…