Professor B Mathematics
Those pesky word problems!
Posted by Mollie Shaw on
Kids get lost in the tangle of the words in those pesky word problems.
Here are some steps for solving word problems: Remember, the one doing the talking is the one doing the learning!
Finding it hard to help with your child's math homework? Try this: make it meaningful.
Posted by Mollie Shaw on
Have you ever been in the situation where you can easily do your child's math homework, but you cannot figure out how to explain it to him or her? Here is a way to help.
Help! I can't help my kid with math! Concrete to Symbolic
Posted by Mollie Shaw on
Math is learned in three stages: concrete, representational and abstract. Take the time to move your student back to the concrete and representational presentations of the math problems and they will develop conceptual understanding of the math strategies. Keep those popsicle sticks around for a few more years and they will come in handy!