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Math is all around us , its everywhere we go . Mathematics is study of quantity and shape

How often do you thinking “I hate math! I wish I never had to do it!” Well that may not just be yourself talking. In recent studies it has been found that students who are told that math is difficult by parents or other adults themselves believe that math is difficult. Instead of encouraging the fear of math in children, adults should encourage them and try to help with math not complain with the children or to not help them making the excuse that the parent or adult is bad at math. While the adult does not have to make math seem like the best thing in the world, they need to avoid stating the common association that they do not like math, or that they are not good at it.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve enjoyed math classes. Although some problems are challenging, math has never been a difficult

I have found that college Math is much different than high school math. College math class meets less often and covers material at about twice the pace than a High School course does. You are expected to understand new material much more quickly. So it

When students finish the whole set of the fraction cards, the teacher will provide them with an answer sheet and they will flip box by box and self-check their work.

The students will start a math lesson working on XtraMath quiz to practice previous concept before moving on to new lesson.

Math uses a specialized vocabulary that can only be learned in school. Words in math can mean one thing and have a completely different meaning in everyday conversation. It takes English Language Learners (ELLs) about two years to learn social (everyday) language, but math language takes about five to seven years to learn. ELL students not only have to translate between English and their native language, but also between social and academic language (Janzen, 2008; Slavit & Ernst-Slavit, 2007). In math, we use language to explain concepts and to carry out the procedures, so it is critical to have an understanding of the vocabulary in order to comprehend those concepts. If students do not fully grasp the vocabulary in the problem, then they are at an obvious disadvantage. ELLs may understand the content of the lesson, but inexperience with the language can hold them back from expressing what they know. When students are learning to talk math, it is essential to make the lesson comprehensible for the students, but also to make sure that the students have the vocabulary needed to understand the instruction. It is important for students to not only be able to understand the vocabulary used in the lesson, but also to be able to apply that vocabulary in conversation (Bresser, Melanese &Sphar,

By far the most confusing thing to me in this lesson was factoring numbers. I understood the concept and how to do them, but I wasn’t able to completely get them right every time. It was easier when factoring quadratics, but I still had some trouble with them. I consulted this internet to find out more on factoring polynomials which ended up helping a bit. I still did not have the best understanding of them, but I was able to solve most problems without having much trouble.

[ Prerequisite skills that students must master include single and multi-digit addition, the ability to separate objects into equal groups (grouping skills), and the ability to effectively “skip count” with different numbers.

I think the flash cards that I have made have helped because I find studying flashcards is an easy way to know what I still need to study and what I know. Quizlet is really helpful in helping with that because they have games that make learning terms fun. I have used some other student’s flashcards because they have used terms that I did not include in my flashcards.

Back when I was first learning math, in 2nd grade, I remember being very confused. See, I had moved from Arkanson Nebraska to Carroll Iowa, in the time between preschool and kindergarten. I definitely, remember learning to read in the first class when I came to Carroll. I vaguely remember counting, learning to add and subtract too. Then in all my memories of first grade, it seemed to me that I had never had a math class. All of a sudden in 2nd grade, teachers were asking me to multiply and divide. At the beginning of the year, my teacher set a piece of paper in front of all of us then set a timer for one minute. When she started the timer we were supposed to do as many problems as possible. I didn’t do one, I was preoccupied with the time limit and would freak out that there was a whole sheet full of problems that I couldn’t get done in that one minute. It was very stressful. Meanwhile, all the other students were having no trouble

Remember going into second grade and fearing those one minute division tests? I remember very clearly how afraid and intimidated I was. I panicked because I was scared that I was not going to get a good grade on it. To my surprise, I did not get a high score on it compared to my classmates. I was devastated because I had tried really hard on it. After that, I hated math until seventh grade. Math was my worst subject, and I acknowledge I was terrible at it. I hated it so much that after years of hating it, I developed a passion for math. After some years of practicing math, I fell in love with it. Entering middle school, Algebra was introduced. I loved Algebra because I was not only adding numbers, I was solving for certain variables at the

If he would have started with it right away, he would have shut down and not want to complete any math. This artifact helped him work on his multiplication fluency, borrowing from the 10’s place, more or less, and word problems. When this student first started working on word problems, he used a note card that had the steps to reading, setting up, and answering word problems. He also used notecard with different words that mean addition and subtraction. When he completed this work, he no longer needed the note cards. He was able to read the problem, set it up, determine if it was addition or subtraction, and solve it all

Elementary Algebra problems you can use for practice. Remember, you may not use a calculator

Mathematics, like every creation of man, have evolved without really knowing how far you can get with them: the scope of the computer, physics, chemistry, algebra, all are evidence of this. Every aspect of our culture is based in some way or another in Mathematics: language, music, dance, art, sculpture, architecture, biology, daily life. All these areas of measurements and calculations are accurate. Even in nature, everything follows a precise pattern and a precise order: a flower, a shell, a butterfly, day and night, the seasons. All this makes mathematics essential for human life and they can not be limited only to a matter within the school curriculum; here lies the importance of teaching math in a pleasure, enjoyable and understandable way. Mathematics is an aid to the development of the child and should be seen as an aid to life and not as an obstacle in their lifes.