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Finish strong in math before summer break by playing math fractions games at lunch and other learning fractions activities with food as featured on Kids Activities Blog. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Play math fractions games at lunch and other learning fractions with food to finish the school year strong in math. Before asking the question what to have for lunch today, consider planning a fun interactive math lunch. The simple lunch game can be played with the kid's favorite...
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MathFileFolderGames.com - Other than perhaps the opposite gender, nothing so perplexes the middle school student than fractions! Ordering fractions from least to greatest may strike fear in their hearts, but give them a compare and ordering fractions game, and that fear is greatly diminished, as the students' skills improve. It's now the 21st Century, and the smartphone, personal entertainment device, and tablet computer are very...
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fractions are a learning sore spot for many students. Learning them thoroughly is important for math proficiency from upper-elementary school all the way through college. To that end, a iPad/iPhone app that turns fractions into a fun, engaging experience would be helpful to parents and teachers that want to see progress in their students' math education. 4 Dice: Fraction Games is such an application. About 4 Dice: Fraction Games 4...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today released estimates from the American Community Survey, the most detailed portrait of America's towns and neighborhoods -- even for the smallest communities within a metro area -- for the combined years from 2007 to 2011. The American Community Survey permits communities to observe the composition of their population, from preschool to the oldest ages and milestones in between, including college, work and...
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From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics achievement of U.S. high school students has remained stagnant — and significantly behind many other countries, including China, Japan, Finland, the Netherlands and Canada. A research team led by Carnegie Mellon University's Robert Siegler has identified a major source of the gap - U. S. students'...
Tapping out a beat may help children learn difficult fraction concepts, according to new findings due to be published in the journal Educational Studies in Mathematics. An innovative curriculum uses rhythm to teach fractions at a California school where students in a music-based program scored significantly higher on math tests than their peers who received regular instruction. "Academic Music" is a hands-on curriculum that uses music notation, clapping, drumming and chanting to introduce...
New iPad App by KJ Dots Enhances Multiplication Skills (PRWEB) June 28, 2011 Math, ugh. For many young students it's a subject of dread, or let's face it "“ boredom. Or is it? Creator KJ Dots, LLC, has designed Multiply Dots, an engaging iPad app for children to aid in the memorization of multiplication facts from numbers 2-12. Now kids can study basic arithmetic and build confidence by skip counting and drawing pictures. Who knew math could be so captivating? Similar to the app's...
Math education professor considers new ways to use what we already knowFor years, it has been assumed that teachers"”specifically math teachers"”need to master the content they intend to teach. And the best way to do this is to take courses beyond that content.Yet in a paper published today in the Education Forum of the journal Science, Dr. Brent Davis of the University of Calgary says research does not support this common belief. There is little evidence that advanced courses in...
Working with larger numbers mattersPreschool children seem to grasp the true concept of counting only if they are taught to understand the number value of groups of objects greater than three, research at the University of Chicago shows."We think that seeing that there are three objects doesn't have to involve counting. It's only when children go beyond three that counting is necessary to determine how many objects there are," said Elizabeth Gunderson, a UChicago graduate student in...
