Posts Tagged ‘Math learning tips’
March 22nd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Math Learning
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Multiplication Posters
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Recently my class made interactive posters, covering the school walls with multiplication facts. My students love seeing other kids in school—fellow third graders, [...]
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, [...]
September 20th, 2010
by Sherry B in K-3 Curriculum, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Math Soft Spots in Child's Understanding
The DreamBox curriculum is focused on Number and Operations, as well as Number Sense. This content is so core to elementary mathematics that it takes up about 80% of classroom math instruction. With a new school year upon us, assessing what student’s understand about numbers is a priority for teachers. I thought I’d share some soft spots I [...]
April 23rd, 2010
by Mickelle in Math Learning, Parent Tips
Math Learning Tips for Learning Basic Facts
I wanted to share a few suggestions for learning basic addition and subtraction facts. These activities will help your student develop different strategies for quickly solving basic facts. When doing these activities it’s important for your student to look carefully at the numbers first, and then decide on a strategy. Learning about addends of 1, [...]
April 8th, 2009
by Tracy in Life at DreamBox Learning, Start-up Culture
Here's to 100 Blog Posts! Vote for DreamBox in the Seattle 2.0 Awards
We're proud to announce this is our 100th blog post. Let's hear it for us! DreamBox Learning started with ... dreams. We envisioned a world where every student enjoys an individually-tailored, world class learning experience.
September 29th, 2008
by Tami in Learning Research, Math Learning
Classical Music, Intelligence, and Math Learning
There is much debate surrounding whether or not listening to classical music affects intelligence (read the Science Daily's pro take and the Skeptic's Dictionary's con.)
Official studies aside, I personally believe the connection with music is not only to intelligence, but also to math. Especially for those who play(ed) instruments.
September 16th, 2008
by Sue in Math Learning, Parent Tips, Public Education
Math Learning Through Experience
I always say I learn everything the hard way. By that I mean I don’t learn a lesson as well when I hear about someone else’s mistake as I do when I make it myself. Experience really is the best teacher.
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