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supporting-math-learning-the-six-dos-for-families-and-teachers

December 9th, 2010

by Tracy H in Classroom tips and tools, Parent Tips

Supporting Math Learning: The Six DO's for Families and Teachers

This months NCTM’s President’s Message, focuses on how to help your child or student with math. This instantly reminded me of doing homework after school, struggling with a math problem, and asking my mother for help. When she heard the problem she apologized–she couldn’t remember how to do the math I was working on. NCTM’s President, [...]

in-pursuit-of-the-right-kind-of-homework

October 13th, 2008

by Lou in Parent Tips, Public Education

In Pursuit of the Right Kind of Homework

Let me begin by encouraging you to read this Washington Post article on the failings of homework. For those who want the CliffsNotes, the net is that rote, unimaginative, repetitive, grinding and brutally boring homework doesn’t help. To the contrary, it actually hurts students across several fronts.









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