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How to Help Your Child Succeed in the Math Classroom
A significant portion of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Common Core Standards Math are based on fluency with multiplication facts. Smaller numbers are introduced in second grade while all the basic facts are reinforced in 3rd. Once your child reaches 4th and 5th grade it is expected that ... Read More
Chess and Mathematics
Having a son (let's call him K) who holds the chess rank of National Master, and who is also years ahead of his peers in mathematics, it was tempting for me to declare an inextricable link between the two skills, chess and mathematics. Many others have noted this connection and ... Read More
Helping Students Learn Mathematics
I nostalgically remember how exciting becoming an eighth grader was for me as a student, mainly because that would bring the challenges of Algebra to my academic life. I also proudly remember inheriting that humongous Algebra book that used to belong to my sister and that basically represented the transition ... Read More
Physics: What’s the Answer?
When I am discussing a physics problem and a student interrupts me to ask for the answer, I sometimes wait a moment before replying. Not because I don’t want the student to know the answer. On the contrary, I am pleased if he or she can get it right without ... Read More
Can Students “Go Deep” with Digital Reading?
By Holly Korbey Original Source: Mind/Shift Online Originally posted September 9, 2014 Mark Pennington’s students often read on their laptops. Pennington, who’s a reading specialist in Elk Grove near Sacramento, Calif., sees a need to teach kids how to read digitally and stay engaged, and thinks that digital reading will eventually ... Read More