August 2020 - Elevatedmath.com

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Herein contain requirements for instructors (including parents) to teach math to their students with the Elevated Math program. First Requirement Instructors should read the Teacher Notes before playing the lesson, and explain the “Get Started” ideas to the student. Elevated Math provides all the tools for teaching two years of math, pre-algebra and algebra. To use […]

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WHY I ALWAYS HATED THE “B” GRADE

motivation, Overcoming Fear / Elevated Math

Updated – August 30, 2020 An article in The Atlantic entitled “Letter Grades Deserve an F” by Jessica Lahey struck a cord and inspired this post. Ms. Lahey writes, “points-based grading undermines learning and creativity, rewards cheating, damages students’ peer relationships and trust in their teachers, encourages students to avoid challenging work, and teaches students to value grades over knowledge.”

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DAYDREAMING IS GOOD

From the Elevated Math Team, Math, motivation, Teaching Math / Elevated Math

Updated – August 29, 2020 I came across a Wall Street Journal article with the headline that read, “Wandering Mind Heads Straight Toward Insight,” and the sub headline read, “Researchers Map the Anatomy of the Brain’s Breakthrough Moments and Reveal the Payoff of Daydreaming.” Here’s the question we need to ask: Are we giving students

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A KEY TO EFFECTIVE TEACHING: OBSERVATION

A Historical View, Teaching Math / Elevated Math

After I was elected on the school board, a principal introduced me to a middle school math teacher whose students had averaged 98% advanced or proficiency in Algebra 1 over the past three years. “Wow! How did you do that?” I exclaimed. “Is there something special in your teaching technique?” Obviously, this teacher knew her

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TEACHING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WITH MATH CLASS

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Thomas Edison – “too stupid to learn anything” Updated August 15, 2020 Finding a right answer is sometimes not that important. More important is learning to approach a problem correctly, to study a mathematic question from different angles and to resist the urge to give up. This is best taught in middle school. In grades

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ORDER OF OPERATIONS: THE ELEVATED MATH APPROACH

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Someone posted this on a Facebook page: MATH TEST 2 + 2 x 2 + 2 x 2 – 2 x 2 = a. 6 b. 16 c. 40 I was shocked to see that so many people got the wrong answer. A student’s success in math is dependent on knowing the Order of Operations.

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We MUST Engage Our Math Students

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Updated: August 11, 2020 I remember my middle and high school classes when I was stuck in the classroom and daydreamed the time away. My lack of focus on a lesson that was droning on in front of me would cost me dearly when I got home later and had to answer the homework problems.

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