by Tara Pelton | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Geometry, Math Education, Mathematics
Fractions, Legos and Life! A complete understanding of fractions is essential. Just like a student having a good number sense student should develop his sense of fraction from a very early age. The first concept in fractions is the concept that there is a whole that...
by Tara Pelton | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics
The National Library for virtual manipulatives provides a wealth of manipulative resources for teaching math. From kindergarten to 12th grade.: Numbers and operations, algebra, geometry, measurements as well as data analysis and probability, are all included with...
by Tara Pelton | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics
It is a joy to see how far math teaching quality has improved since I was a girl. Prejudices have lifted and it is expected that all students will be taught math equitability. It is likely that you were not taught math equitably or correctly in school so learning math...
by Tara Pelton | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics
A refreshing new perspective on teaching math — Teaching math through problem-solving!! If math is the study of patterns for the purposes of problem-solving then problem-solving is a major activity that we learn in math. And we observe and learn how to work with...
by Tara Pelton | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics
Science = the process of figuring this out Math = science of processes and computations that have pattern of regularity and order In other words: MATH IS THE STUDY OF PATTERNS IN ORDER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS!!! Why am I so over the top about this? Because I have surveyed...
by Tara Pelton | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology
How do you feel about your mathematics education? Could you teach a third-grader how to perform mathematical calculations? More importantly do you know the definition of math and how it relates to multiple subjects and disciplines? Are you familiar with mathematical...