Studying in Same Place is Not Effective! And Other Revelations!
Wow! Everything I thought about good study habits is wrong! Read more…
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How Smart are Americans?
How Do American Students Compare Worldwide?
The fears that the United States’ long term economic growth is endangered by its lack of highly educated populace is a well founded fear that Obama is sounding off. Yes, we stink at math. Here are relevant stats:
- The 32 percent of U.S. students who achieved proficiency in math compares to 75 percent of students in Shanghai, 58 percent in Korea, and 56 percent in Finland. Countries in which a majority – or near majority – of students performed at or above the proficiency level in math include Switzerland, Japan, Canada, and the Netherlands. Read more…
Learn to Multiply in 5 MINUTES!
Multiplication in an Easy Visual Way
My youngest is going into first grade and he loves math. I asked him if he wanted to learn to multiply in five minutes and he said, “Yes!” And so we started reading the Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps by Maureen Stearns which is a method of multiplication which is beautifully simple and visual. She also promises that this method takes just 5 minutes to learn! And it does too. In 5 minutes, your child will be multiplying! Read more…
Summer Math Slide? Time to Take Action!
Math Milestones of Concepts that Build
These are the areas that milestones for kids to master.
a) Math Facts for 4th Graders – Difficulty in understanding division leads to challenges with understanding factors and fractions, key to middle school math. Weakness if these areas result in the student not getting most algebra concepts. Read more…
Best Picture Books That Teach Math Concepts
Great Picture Books with Math Concepts
My oldest child is a visual learner so combining picture books with math concepts was a great way for her to get an intuitive feel for math. Here’s some books we’ve enjoyed for both the math and the picture book.
Here are two more math books that use drawing to teach math, a fun concept! Read more…
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