Archive for the ‘Math’ Category

Improtance of Planning Mathematics Lessions in Homework

Are you asking, “How do we communicate in a variety of ways and do this effectively? The answer to that begins with good lesson planning. Teaching mathematics is not simply standing in front of a group of students and telling them how to add and subtract. It is more than grading homework, papers, tests, or [...]

Differentiation in the classroom

Teachers today are becoming better trained in assessing individual student needs and responding to those needs in appropriate ways. While there are many definitions of differentiated instruction, Tracey Hall, Ph.D., provides one that is particularly helpful: “To differentiate instruction is to recognize students’ varying background knowledge, readiness, language, preference in learning, interests, and to react [...]

How to help your child with math

You might also ask, “Where were the calculators when I was in grade school?” And you might observe, “Math class sure has changed!” it’s true: mathematics instruction has been in a state of flux for several years. Why? First of all, technology is chaging. The wide availability of calculators and computers today has diminished the [...]