Math is in the news again. The White House is promoting math education with superstars like Sesame Street’s Elmo, and in Maryland, the state where I live, the University System is developing new math requirements for students headed to state colleges and universities. Those new requirements include four years of math studies in high school instead of the current three. Other states are no doubt doing the same.
Many students complete three years’ math study by the end of their junior year and don’t bother with math in their senior year. That’s a one-year hiatus until college. You can forget a lot in one year.
Four years of math study will better prepare students for university or work in our increasingly science-technology-engineering-math oriented economy. Do we do enough to get kids interested in math at an early age? Probably not.
Read Dr. Rick's blog page for some thoughts and tips!
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Showing posts with label Math - Fun Tips To Help Children Master Math. Show all posts
Monday, December 28, 2009
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Have you tried Sylvan Math Prep?
Sylvan Learning Center of Tualatin is proud to offer a new online math tutoring service to students in middle and high school. The Sylvan Math Prep website gives kids and parents access to math tutoring every day from any computer with Internet access. Students can access Sylvan Math Prep online (with no special installation of software required) to catch up, keep up, or get ahead of math coursework.
Sylvan Math Prep was created by math teachers who also tutored extensively. Middle school and high school level mathematics are covered, including Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 material. It is not only an excellent tool for learning, reviewing and mastering math skills but also a great way to prepare for the SAT and ACT exams. The program contains 2,000 videos that are organized into 750 lessons, each correlated to the specific Sylvan tutoring lesson or math text used in school classes! If a text is not on our list, students can simply use a keyword search to find related lessons.
With Sylvan Math Prep, students are in control of their learning experience. They can review a video or practice problems numerous times in order to master math concepts. Parents are empowered to help their child(ren) to better understand and apply math concepts using the site from home.
Each lesson includes four step-by-step video demonstrations of a math concept, practice problems (with the ability to check answers, receive hints, view detailed work, and hear audio to work them out), a deep thought challenge question, and self-test (that can be taken several times, each with a different set of questions). Extra problems and notes are that summarize main points of the lesson are printable.
Sylvan Math Prep is available online for $39.50 per month. We believe its greatest value is when students combine the convenience of at home use with additional support from our math experts in-center. Please call us at 503 692-5080 for more information so that we can create the best solution for your student.
Sylvan Math Prep was created by math teachers who also tutored extensively. Middle school and high school level mathematics are covered, including Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 material. It is not only an excellent tool for learning, reviewing and mastering math skills but also a great way to prepare for the SAT and ACT exams. The program contains 2,000 videos that are organized into 750 lessons, each correlated to the specific Sylvan tutoring lesson or math text used in school classes! If a text is not on our list, students can simply use a keyword search to find related lessons.
With Sylvan Math Prep, students are in control of their learning experience. They can review a video or practice problems numerous times in order to master math concepts. Parents are empowered to help their child(ren) to better understand and apply math concepts using the site from home.
Each lesson includes four step-by-step video demonstrations of a math concept, practice problems (with the ability to check answers, receive hints, view detailed work, and hear audio to work them out), a deep thought challenge question, and self-test (that can be taken several times, each with a different set of questions). Extra problems and notes are that summarize main points of the lesson are printable.
Sylvan Math Prep is available online for $39.50 per month. We believe its greatest value is when students combine the convenience of at home use with additional support from our math experts in-center. Please call us at 503 692-5080 for more information so that we can create the best solution for your student.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Fun Tips To Help Children Master Math
All Children Can Succeed At Math!
Are some students destined to struggle with mathematics because they're inherently "not good at math?" According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and Sylvan Learning Center, the answer is no. A study from NCTM shows that everyone can succeed at math.
Parents can help their children master math and dispel the notion that math is difficult by talking math with children as they use it in everyday activities whether it be shopping, cooking or dining out. The math experts at Sylvan Learning Center believe that by combining traditional math drills and memorization of math facts and formulas with real-life examples and activities, math becomes more approachable and math discovery becomes fun. Using games and activities is a great way to encourage math discovery and enhance basic skills.
Sylvan Learning Center offers tips and ideas to help your children have fun and become successful at solving math problems:
1. Play popular board games that require basic math skills. Chutes and Ladders® and RackO® develop number sense. "24" and Yahtzee® help computation speed and accuracy, and problem solving skills are developed through games like TriOminos® and Connect Four®.
2. Review previously learned math concepts before tackling new assignments. Starting with familiar concepts helps build your child's retention and confidence.
3. Ask your child's math teacher for a schedule of math topics. Take time to develop two projects or exercises per week that will reinforce what your child is learning in class.
4. Work with your child to solve math problems using multiple methods. This will help your child develop a fuller understanding of the computation concepts.
5. Provide pictorial examples of math concepts. Draw or collect pictures of animals, objects or people to show addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.
6. If your child receives an allowance, use it to formulate mathematics problems and teach them about saving. For older children, relate percentage problems to their allowance.
7. Allow your child to plan the next family trip. Help him compute miles, cost of gas, expenses for food, hotel and entertainment.
8. Encourage your child to do math aloud and to explain the series of steps used to solve the problem.
9. Follow your child's progress through her math book, tests and homework.
10. Don't let problems with math linger. Since math builds on previously learned concepts, it's essential to identify and address problems early so they don't compound (to use a math term).
11. Assemble puzzles with your child. Puzzles help children learn spatial and visual organization. These are the basic lessons of geometry.
12. A deck of cards can be a valuable math tool. Card games begin to teach the lesson of probability and reinforce addition and subtraction memorization for children learning basic math facts.
13. Dice are helpful for younger children to practice number facts to six. If they are stumped, they can count the dots to find the sum.
14. Relate math to your child's favorite sport. Keeping score is a math exercise! Ask him to calculate the number of points needed for his favorite team to win. Encourage him to create multiple point combinations to reach that score.
15. Play other car games like "guess my number." This will reinforce logic skills with children of all ages.
16. Dominoes are a great game for children of all ages. Smaller children can use them to recognize similar quantities while older children can explore the concepts of probability.
17. Use Sylvan Learning Center's online Math Activity Book to help sustain and renew children's interests in math learning and discovery. Log on to tutoring.sylvanlearning.com/parent_learning_resources.cfm and download or print math writing topics, trivia, questions and puzzles.
CONTACT US as your local Sylvan Tutoring Expert@ 503 692-5080 (Tualatin, OR)
OR for the center nearest you call 1-888-EDUCATE http://www.sylvanlearning.com/
Are some students destined to struggle with mathematics because they're inherently "not good at math?" According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and Sylvan Learning Center, the answer is no. A study from NCTM shows that everyone can succeed at math.
Parents can help their children master math and dispel the notion that math is difficult by talking math with children as they use it in everyday activities whether it be shopping, cooking or dining out. The math experts at Sylvan Learning Center believe that by combining traditional math drills and memorization of math facts and formulas with real-life examples and activities, math becomes more approachable and math discovery becomes fun. Using games and activities is a great way to encourage math discovery and enhance basic skills.
Sylvan Learning Center offers tips and ideas to help your children have fun and become successful at solving math problems:
1. Play popular board games that require basic math skills. Chutes and Ladders® and RackO® develop number sense. "24" and Yahtzee® help computation speed and accuracy, and problem solving skills are developed through games like TriOminos® and Connect Four®.
2. Review previously learned math concepts before tackling new assignments. Starting with familiar concepts helps build your child's retention and confidence.
3. Ask your child's math teacher for a schedule of math topics. Take time to develop two projects or exercises per week that will reinforce what your child is learning in class.
4. Work with your child to solve math problems using multiple methods. This will help your child develop a fuller understanding of the computation concepts.
5. Provide pictorial examples of math concepts. Draw or collect pictures of animals, objects or people to show addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.
6. If your child receives an allowance, use it to formulate mathematics problems and teach them about saving. For older children, relate percentage problems to their allowance.
7. Allow your child to plan the next family trip. Help him compute miles, cost of gas, expenses for food, hotel and entertainment.
8. Encourage your child to do math aloud and to explain the series of steps used to solve the problem.
9. Follow your child's progress through her math book, tests and homework.
10. Don't let problems with math linger. Since math builds on previously learned concepts, it's essential to identify and address problems early so they don't compound (to use a math term).
11. Assemble puzzles with your child. Puzzles help children learn spatial and visual organization. These are the basic lessons of geometry.
12. A deck of cards can be a valuable math tool. Card games begin to teach the lesson of probability and reinforce addition and subtraction memorization for children learning basic math facts.
13. Dice are helpful for younger children to practice number facts to six. If they are stumped, they can count the dots to find the sum.
14. Relate math to your child's favorite sport. Keeping score is a math exercise! Ask him to calculate the number of points needed for his favorite team to win. Encourage him to create multiple point combinations to reach that score.
15. Play other car games like "guess my number." This will reinforce logic skills with children of all ages.
16. Dominoes are a great game for children of all ages. Smaller children can use them to recognize similar quantities while older children can explore the concepts of probability.
17. Use Sylvan Learning Center's online Math Activity Book to help sustain and renew children's interests in math learning and discovery. Log on to tutoring.sylvanlearning.com/parent_learning_resources.cfm and download or print math writing topics, trivia, questions and puzzles.
CONTACT US as your local Sylvan Tutoring Expert@ 503 692-5080 (Tualatin, OR)
OR for the center nearest you call 1-888-EDUCATE http://www.sylvanlearning.com/
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