how do you effectively teach kids with mathematics?
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By using units they understand like sharing sweets, marbles, biscuits cakes etc. It gives them something they can relate to.\nSuch as 26 children share 80 Smarties, how many does each child have? How many are left over for teacher? Do you think that's fair? Hold their interest, it works a treat.\nDon't be too quick to give the answer, give them a chance to think.
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MATH, ACTIVITIES and FUN.\n\nhttp://mathforum.org/dr.math/\n\nKindergarten to 8th Grade Interactive Sites\n\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th.htm\n\nhttp://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html\n\nhttp://www.kidsolr.com/math/index.html\n\nhttp://www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/4.htm\n\nhttp://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/index.asp\n\nhttp://www.mathisfun.com/\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/math/\n\nhttp://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/studentsites.htm\n\nhttp://springfieldpublicschoolsmo.org/depts/edtech/Resources/Math/index.htm\n\nhttp://www.math.com/\n\nMATH WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Math.htm\n\nOn-line calculator.\n\nhttp://www.calculator.com/\n\nhttp://mathforum.org/dr.math/\n\nScientific Calculator\n\nhttp://www.math.com/students/calculators/source/scientific.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Some people are good at math, while others are better at reading. Just depends on yuor strong points. \n\nHowever, that does not mean you can never learn it. It takes practice, like everything. I am not a strong math person either, but I have made it through 3 levels of calculus in one semester. \n\nYou might ask extra help from the teacher or get a tutor. For me, practice and one on one help is what helps me. It is not something that comes natural to everyone, but once you get the hang of it, algebra is not as hard as it may seem right now.
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im no math teacher but this site has helped me out in the past years. http://mathforum.org/dr.math/         \n\n\n\nit really has helped me out in school for awhile.
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math.com\n\ngreat for  teachers, parents and kids
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bionicflux,\nPractice is the best way to get really good at math. When I was taking math classes and the teacher told us that our homework assignment was 'all the even numbered questions', I always did ALL the questions.  And I got lucky because he always used the odd numbered questions on the tests!\n\nHere are a few good websites for helping out.  It would be good to know what level/grade you are at so that appropriate math sites could be recommended.\n\nThis web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively. \nhttp://www.aplusmath.com/\n\nMath topics with interactive practice, explanations and challenge games for each.\nhttp://www.aaamath.com/\n\nOffers free math lessons and homework help, with an emphasis on geometry, algebra, statistics, and calculus. \nhttp://www.math.com/\n\nGoogle search results\nhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2005-49,GGLR:en&q=math+skills
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I completely understand! I have high schoolers, and have to nearly re-learn to help them!\n\nYahoo education has help with algebra;\nhttp://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/math_help/chapter_list?id=minialg1gt \n\nSo does math.com:\nhttp://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html \n\nPhysics help:\nhttp://www.physics247.com/ \n\nGood luck to you!
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Asking your third grader's teacher for some extra material is a good idea. Otherwise, it depends on the topic. \n\nIf it is reading and comprehension help I think the best thing you can do is to encourage your third grader to practice and participate as much as you can. \n\nYou can look for 3rd grade level websites put on the internet by many grade school teachers. Here's one that I found that has a lot of good math-related links:\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_original.htm\n\nAs for Yahoo! Answers, I would not recommend relying on it. I find a lot of questions here get factually incorrect answers and still get voted as correct. There is good information here, but it takes some judgment to wean the wheat from the chafe here. I also think it gets abused by kids who don't want to do their own homework and simply want to copy someone else’s answer. If they make the effort to verify the answers they get, and only use it to get examples of solutions, it can be helpful.\n\nHere's another site that might be useful:\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_original.htm
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I've taught maths to a child!\n\nIts easy.....maths comes in everywhere. From measuring to money todistance to time! Its harder to make up a story without using maths!
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there are many math and other workbook type books at the department stores also flash cards, and perhaps when you set the table for meals have her set the table and count the plates silverware and other things around the house, you may also put cards or signs around the house as a reminder, we did this with memory verses from the bible to help the kids learn the basic principles of the bible. It does work. visual aids as well as practicing math with common things around the house. the simle things can be used for add subtract, multiply and divide. alternate weeks four plate take away one or two as you set or clear the table. one for tims how many people etc. you can be creative i know you can.
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If you gave them an individual clock, it will strengthen their ability to see the numbers better, and where each number is.  They can turn the dial on their on and learn time that way. If you do decide to give them individual ones, ask them a certain time and hold up their clocks when they have the answer. Make a test out of it and that way you can see what child needs to work on which area of time. Good Luck!
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the trick is i think to really comunicate with all your students.\nyou have the odds in your favour, as teenagers love competition and they will do anything to stay on top of the things they find "cool". So, all you have to do is to make math a "cool" thing in the school you are teaching.\nthis can be accomplished either by getting a already popular student to be good at math, or by making several "middle" accepted students love math and brag about this all the time. Teenagers only care abuot popularity, and methods like making the lessons more nice and teaching measures that are good moves with younger children will not work.\nOr, you could catch a popular "football star" student that needs a good grade in math to keep playing on the school team or something like that... Now all yo uhave to do is to make that person like math. Give him free private sessions yourself or asign a student that you consider he might like.  If you get him not only to pass math but to have a real interest in math from then on you have accomplished your purpose. All others will follow the popular guy, so everyone will try and learn more and more math.\ni realize this is a little out there, and that it can not be considered a real teaching strategy, but belive me it works, it really does. Look at it this way: you are not playing with their minds as it seems, you are just doing what you can to give them a better chance in life...
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There are so many.  My girls are 3 & 6 and both are reading and able to do early math concepts and recognize some spanish words because of the web sites we use.  They also get a great workout in creativity, matching, sorting with these sites and they have so much fun.\n\nBest educational web sites for 2-5:\n\nhttp://www.sesamestreet.com\nhttp://www.starfall.com\nhttp://www.pbskids.com\nhttp://www.brainpopjr.com\n\nAnd so far for math all I have come up with is:\nhttp://resources.kaboose.com/games/math1.html\n\nThere are a ton more.  I am a graphic designer and my husband is a programmer and we homeschool our kids using a lot of these sites.  I have written a sort of tutorial for kids, taking them through the different steps of computer usage and the web sites that help them develop and use their skills.  You can find the full text, plus a ton (like 50) links to various web sites for kids here: http://www.sonomamothersclub.org/kids_links.htm (I am the web master for our local mother's club).  Just scroll down to Online Games for Infants to Kindergarten!\n\nSome on the list are awesome (like the dole web site for nutrition http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/K_Index.jsp  etc.) some are just fun and some my kids don't care for (but someone else might).\n\nPeace!
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Bring in items with shapes.....ice cream cone, cookie sheet, book, rubrics cube, etc.  Also, trace these shapes and have kids go on geometric shape hunt to try to find the shapes in school. \nFollow up with some type of worksheet.
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I'm a student, but my favorite way to learn math involved making it a more tangible subject.  I want to see what I'm learning.  Can you think of any hands on activities that relate to the subject?  For instance, when learning vectors, have students make a square jello mold and put skewers in as the x, y, and z axis.  Then add more skewers to represent vectors.  You can also hold up a sheet of extra wide graph paper behind the cube or put Nerd candy balls in it before it completely sets to represent points. \n\nI'm not sure what concepts you are teaching so I can't give relevant examples but some other off the wall ones that I've heard are: \n\n- creating jingles for statistics\n\n- getting students to use their arms to show equations of lines (x=y, parabola, etc...personally I hated this one, but I did learn it if only to make the teacher stop making me do it!)\n\n- game shows with groups battling each other -- set up groups of at least 4 and display the problem on an overhead projector. Give each team a piece of paper and tell them to write the answer on the board when they think they have it.  Give bonus points to the team who gets the most questions correct in the shortest period of time.  Also, try to choose the groups yourself and match higher performing students with lower performing ones, but don't let the same student put up all the answers.  A spinoff is a Jeopardy game for concepts (What is the name of the horizontal axis?)\n\nThere are several articles on this subject:\nHelping Teachers to Encourage Talented Girls in Mathematics.\nM. Katherine Gavin; Sally M. Reis; Teaching and Counseling Gifted Girls.; 2005;  p. 147-167 \n\nTurner, Julianne C; Meyer, Debra K; Cox, Kathleen E; Logan, Candice; DiCintio, Matthew; Thomas, Cynthia T. Creating contexts for involvement in mathematics. [References]. [Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal] Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol 90(4) Dec 1998, 730-745. \n\nIf you are interested in acquiring a copy of the Turner article, email me through the link in my Answers' profile, and I will send it to you.
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Please, learn arithmetic.\n\n12
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MATH, ACTIVITIES and FUN.\n\nhttp://mathforum.org/dr.math/\n\nKindergarten to 8th Grade Interactive Sites\n\nhttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th.htm\n\nhttp://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html\n\nhttp://www.kidsolr.com/math/index.html\n\nhttp://www.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/edm/4.htm\n\nhttp://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/index.asp\n\nhttp://www.mathisfun.com/\n\nhttp://www.sparknotes.com/math/\n\nhttp://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/studentsites.htm\n\nhttp://springfieldpublicschoolsmo.org/depts/edtech/Resources/Math/index.htm\n\nMATH WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Math.htm\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.