Archive for August, 2008
August 29th, 2008
by Sue in Math Learning, Parent Tips
Using Children’s Literature to Bridge Reading and Math Learning
One of the cool things about my marketing role at DreamBox Learning is that I come across a lot of information about learning math that I think parents might really appreciate! In fact, it’s a DreamBox goal to be a resource for this kind of useful information.
August 27th, 2008
by Lou in Math Learning
When It Comes to Learning Math, do Girls = Boys?
The journal Science, released the largest study of its kind on the subject of girls and math. After studying 7 million students over 20 years, it concluded that in grades 2 through 11, “girls have now achieved gender parity in performance on standardized math tests.” Wonderful news, right?!
August 25th, 2008
by Lorenzo in Math Anxiety, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Learning Math is a Set of Screwdrivers
I remember my first day in middle school in Florence, Italy. It is a sunny morning in September. The classroom is full of nervous eleven year olds, glancing around studying the faces of the strangers sitting in the same room.
August 20th, 2008
by Lou in Educational Software Market, Online Learning
Dreambox: eLearning Comes Home
Late in 2005, when my co-founder Ben and I first started talking about the notion of DreamBox Learning, we knew that the eLearning market was, as one person put it, “an elusive quarry”.
Subscribe
Follow us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter