by Sarah Green | Mar 21, 2018 | Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
When we decide to homeschool, it’s important to evaluate our own shortfalls as teachers. Everyone has an area of interest, and that’s wonderful, but it’s so very important not to let our children be left behind in topics we don’t like or...
by Sarah Green | Feb 20, 2017 | News, Student Issues
Helping kids get better at math is a struggle for many teachers and parents, not to mention the students themselves. However, it seems like there might be a secret weapon that most of us didn’t expect: physical activity. A study from the University of Copenhagen has...
by Sarah Green | Nov 30, 2016 | Student Issues
In the late 1990s, it became apparent that there was a gender gap in math achievement among American students. A study performed in the 1998-1999 school year found that girls were falling behind in math as early as kindergarten, with the gap widening as they aged...
by Sarah Green | Nov 30, 2015 | News
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that personalized, one-on-one tutoring not only helps students develop their math skills, but for children with high anxiety about doing math, it can actually help them reduce that anxiety. The...
by Sarah Green | Oct 22, 2015 | News, Student Issues
Researchers from the University of Chicago have determined that adding math to story time before bed can greatly improve children’s math performance. Specifically, they studying the effects of an app called Bedtime Math, which uses story problems to help engage kids...
