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Comment on Diligence Equals Success in Math by Dr. Sanford Aranoff

Dr. Sanford Aranoff — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:34:33 +0000

Great article. I teach first year university students math, and finished the semester, giving them grades. I sent them email the article, suggesting that they continue reviewing the material for their own benefit. As a suggestion, may I mention an excellent book,”Teaching and Helping Students Think and Do Better” on amazon.

Comment on Want Better Math Students? Make Kids Repeat K-6 Math Courses (if needed)! by Dr. Sanford Aranoff

Dr. Sanford Aranoff — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:20:51 +0000

Good advice to repeat the course. Teachers must repeat lessons. But let us not forget that students must understand the basic principles. Teachers must know how students think and build from there. See “Teaching and Helping Students Think and Do Better” on amazon.

Comment on Wisconsin IQ Academy Problems by Mike

Mike — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:22:44 +0000

You don’t get it do you? Students are very easily intimidated by instructors. As a college instructor myself I am careful to make students of all religious, political, and social backgrounds feel at ease in my classroom - it makes for the best environment for learning. My son told me he felt uncomfortable with the assignment due to the religious overtones that I so thoroughly documented in this post. No more evidence is needed.

Comment on Wisconsin IQ Academy Problems by Bystandard

Bystandard — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:48:49 +0000

Honestly your taking this way out of context and hand. A myth is a a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation. This is exactly what the tale of noah and is arc are based around. There is no concreate evidence besides the fact that it’s perserved in text. It’s known as a myth on the basis that it can’t be proven to be true or false, it lets the reader decide for themselves. Don’t worry, your child won’t be deprived of their religious ways.

But seriously, next time try not to become so irrational, in time your child will make their own decision on whether to believe or not to believe.

P.S you didn’t recieve an email back from the school for the same reasons i stated, because you my friend are ridiculous

Comment on Math Flash Card Software by Want Better Math Students? Make Kids Repeat K-6 Math Courses

Want Better Math Students? Make Kids Repeat K-6 Math Courses — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:01:58 +0000

[...] not tell me what 6×4 or 13-5 equals. So, we had her start doing some work on Math Blaster and flash cards. This helped. But, she missed a lot of problems when working through her Saxon 54 text. So, we [...]

Comment on Play Math Blaster Game To Improve Skills by Want Better Math Students? Make Kids Repeat K-6 Math Courses

Want Better Math Students? Make Kids Repeat K-6 Math Courses — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:56:32 +0000

[...] she could not tell me what 6×4 or 13-5 equals. So, we had her start doing some work on Math Blaster and flash cards. This helped. But, she missed a lot of problems when working through her Saxon 45 [...]

Comment on Giving IQ Academy - Wisconsin a Try by Mike

Mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:06:07 +0000

Thanks for the comment Kate. I will post updates throughout the year.

Comment on Is Saxon Math Best For Homeschool Math? by Martin Bradley

Martin Bradley — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:22:53 +0000

Hi Folks,

My site hosts a calculator I made for teaching the order of operations. It draws a tree representing the arithmetic expression and clicking on the tree reduced the expression down towards the answer.

There is a free trial so you can see what it does if you like.

thanks,
Martin.

Comment on Giving IQ Academy - Wisconsin a Try by KateW

KateW — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:46:26 +0000

I will be interested to read your thoughts on this program. We have signed up for the Kaplan online program this year, so maybe we can compare notes. Hope you have a great school year!

Comment on How To Teach Homeschool Math and Algebra by Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:32:02 +0000

What about an answer key to the Aufman/Barker Prealgebra book? Is this provided in the book, or does it need to be purchased separately? My experience is that it is hard to purchase teacher editions from traditional (non-homeschool) publishers) unless you are a certified teacher.