This approach illustrates what is now known as Vedic
Math.
The program will help both children and adults recognize
math in their daily activities and be comfortable talking about and using
math concepts.
"Math-anxious" parents - those who have a fear or discomfort about
math - have been found to impede their children's learning of
math.
Kimberley Langen, the award-winning CEO and co-founder of Spirit of
Math, spoke about the vital nature of unleashing innovation and imagination as drivers for development of students into the leaders of tomorrow's Pakistan.
It's important for teachers to understand that
math disabilities can arise at any stage of a child's educational development.
Both Curriculum Associates' i-Ready program and Motion
Math's games are designed with a focus on nurturing healthy growth mindsets, and the alignment of these two offerings will enrich student experience in the development of critical
math skills.
While negative attitudes and beliefs about
math have been studied greatly in school-age populations (e.g., elementary through college-level) (Hendy et al., 2014; Murr, 2001; Ramirez, Gunderson, & Levine, 2013), less emphasis has been placed on feelings about
math post-graduation.
Many of these students (and their parents) know that STEM is where many of the best-paid jobs will be down the road, and more of them arrive at college with a more extensive
math background than other freshman.
Previous research from this group has established that, when teachers are anxious about
math, their students learn less
math during the school year.
She also has written three New York Times best-sellers about
math and co-authored the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem, which has applications for
math and physics.
Blake the Baker: Develop Understanding of Fractions and Numbers (
Math Masters: Number and Operations and Fractions).
A team of researchers led by University of Chicago psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine found that children of math-anxious parents learned less
math over the school year and were more likely to be math-anxious themselves--but only when their parents provided frequent help on the child's
math homework.