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Why Go To A Game-based Math Learning Center?

If Starbucks has revolutionized the idea on how coffee should be marketed then perhaps Frank Ho, a Canadian certified math teacher, has revolutionized the math teaching methodology on how math should be taught especially at a math learning center. Children already learned math at their day schools, so why they continue to spend time to learn math at after-school supplemental math program? The answer perhaps is... (posted by mathandchess 3 years 264 days ago.)

Math Worksheets Children Like

Many children like chess, why? Simply put, it is a game and it is fun and children can play it without using a computer. Can you image nowadays that parents are telling me that their children spend too much time on computers playing games? Parents do not want to see children continue to use computer at learning centers any more since their children become near-sighted by spending too much time on the computer. This article... (posted by mathandchess 3 years 264 days ago.)

Master Math Basics Before Grade 4

There are so many cases in my teaching life, which the students did not master their basics such as addition, subtraction, multiplication or division and then in their later life these unskilled basics have had dramatic impact on their math ability but unfortunately they were not aware of it. Why they could not do word problems well or grade 8 equations or grade 10 relation equations well despite I have so patiently... (posted by mathandchess 3 years 344 days ago.)

How to Get High Marks in Math

(Why Some Students Just Can't Get A in Math) There were a few cases in my over 10 years of tutoring math that I just could not boost my student's math marks higher and I have spent some time to observe them and compared why some of my students could pull their marks higher in a few months of tutoring but not others. I concluded that there are some conditions with those students who could not get their marks higher and if... (posted by mathandchess 3 years 348 days ago.)

Why Children Do Not Learn Math Well

There are a few occasions I have my math students told me that if they do not write the exact steps their day school teachers told them then their points will be deducted. I did not have the chance to clarify with their teachers but there were many students who have told me so I feel it is important to point out. Below is a few examples. 1. Solving equation For example, to solve 3x + 3 = 2 The teacher... (posted by mathandchess 3 years 353 days ago.)

How to Teach Word Problems to Elementary Students

Why students have mastered or understood the basics of arithmetic such as whole number addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division and yet many of them cannot do word problems well? Our observation is most of commercially available basics worksheets do not pave the way for children to working on word problems. Most worksheets guide children in doing computations in... (posted by mathandchess 3 years 353 days ago.)