Archive for the ‘Elementary teachers’ Category
October 23rd, 2009
by Sue in Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Throughout the development of DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, our teachers and developers collaborated to develop innovative (and in many cases patent-pending) tools that are exactly suited to teaching the early numeracy concepts students need to learn. These virtual manipulatives are web-based tools that help students more easily grasp math concepts in visual terms, and give [...]
Tags: cirtual manipulatives, DreamBox Teacher Tools, mathrack, numbergram, tenframe
October 19th, 2009
by Sue in Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Understanding abstract concepts is crucial to being successful in math, but some ideas are difficult to grasp and sometimes kids struggle to learn them.
Many educators agree that “manipulatives” are among the best math teacher resources to help students visualize a concept in more concrete terms, and to link new ideas to prior knowledge. Now, with [...]
June 30th, 2009
by Becca in Elementary teachers, Math Anxiety, Parent Tips
I am a graduate student, which means that I am constantly searching and researching mathematics education.
Tags: Math Anxiety, parent resources, teacher resources
May 20th, 2009
by Nigel in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, Teaching Math, Technology
The genesis of how DreamBox does assessment, and one of the reasons I am with the company, occurred over 30 years ago when one of my relatives was diagnosed with a learning disability.
This surprised us and shocked his teachers, who considered him to be in the upper middle to top third of the class for math. His test scores consistently supported this. In many areas he was significantly ahead of his peers. Yet a detailed examination with an expert showed that for him division just didn't compute. Put another way, his brain simply wasn't "wired for division".
Tags: Early learning, learning disabilities, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, teaching kids
April 2nd, 2009
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Online Learning, Teaching Math
This was a very exciting week at DreamBox Learning. When we launched DreamBox K-2 Math we heard from hundreds of kindergarten, first and second grade teachers around the country...
Tags: DreamBox Math Classroom, first grade math, kindergarten math, Math Learning, Online Learning
March 4th, 2009
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Public Education, Teaching Math
I’m a member of a large online community of moms where we often discuss the ups and downs of raising kids in a digital age. Recently another mom posted a question wondering if exposing kids to video games at a young age leaves them ‘no time to think’.
Tags: 1st grade grade math games, DreamBox teacher tips, Math Learning, online math games, video games
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