DianaE2025-11-05T22:04:18+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice
Supporting Creative Thinkers in MathAs your child grows and develops, their personality will emerge, and as a parent, it is a joy to watch them realize their strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes. Some parents will watch their child bloom into a natural mathematician, a ..
DianaE2025-11-04T21:56:27+11:00Posted in All Categories, Primary School Learning
Battleship Sunk! – Using The Game of Battleship To Practice GraphingStudents will be so excited to challenge each other in a new version of the famous game of Battleship that they won’t even realize they are learning! 🎯Battleship is a game based on coordinates. ..
DianaE2025-11-08T00:14:22+11:00Posted in All Categories, Concentration & Focus, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
Personalized Motivation: Using Interests to Keep Students EngagedSarah knew a few very important facts about Andrew before they ever sat down for their first tutoring session. She knew, based on the phone call with Andrew’s mom, that he liked *Star Wars*, the color *green*, and that *zebras* are ..
DianaE2025-11-05T23:01:05+11:00Posted in All Categories, Parent Advice
When Am I EVER Going to Have to Use This?!Frustrated and overwhelmed students often throw down their pencils in defeat, wondering when they will ever have to apply complex math problems in their daily lives, and wonder why they even have to learn it. ..
DianaE2025-11-08T00:59:56+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice
When Am I EVER Going to Have to Use This?!Frustrated and overwhelmed students often throw down their pencils in defeat, wondering when they will ever have to apply complex math problems in their daily lives, and wonder why they even have to learn it. ..
DianaE2025-11-05T22:57:06+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice
Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward MathAsk any teacher about the makeup and dynamic of their class, and one of the first observations will be the differences between their male students and their female students. Boys and girls vary greatly in their behavior patterns in the classroom, their study ..
rachana2025-11-06T20:47:06+11:00Posted in All Categories, Remembering Stuff
Memory and Learning: Understanding the ProcessWe often talk of memory as an entity: a thing like a kidney or lung or heart. To make our understanding easier, many of us picture it as discrete little packets of information filed away in neat little compartments in our brain. However, ..
rachana2025-11-06T20:57:43+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories
Enhancing Math Learning with Howard Gardner's Multiple IntelligencesAccording to groundbreaking research by Harvard's Howard Gardner, there are eight distinct intelligences that play a pivotal role in how students learn. These intelligences, referred to as Multiple Intelligences (MI), can be used to enhance teaching and learning in mathematics. Gardner ..
rachana2025-11-07T20:12:40+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice
Building a Strong Math Foundation: How Curiosity Leads to Problem SolvingIt’s a fact that most children in grades 3 to 5 are naturally curious and eager to explore, persist, seek solutions, and engage in problem solving. This makes the early years a great opportunity to foster strong mathematical ..
jamesline2025-11-05T21:45:12+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice
Reimagining Education: Insights from Salman Khan's "The One World Schoolhouse"For anyone looking to explore new teaching methods, I recommend the book *"The One World Schoolhouse"* by Salman Khan. Known for his popular educational platform Khan Academy and YouTube videos covering a wide range of subjects, Khan brings forward ..
