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Logic
chapters 1 to 5 re- appear not in sequence, as is or longer,
in Volume 1A, Pattern Based
Reason, Bon Appetite.
Logic
Mastery
Amazing, Amusing, Amorous, Delicious, Delightful, Edifying,
Strengthening Elixir.
It eases work & learning difficulties Makes the hard easier. Opens eyes.
Leads to greater precision.
in reading and
writing
Logic
mastery makes the hard, easier. Logic
mastery leads to better, stronger and richer comprehension. Logic
mastery improves reading and writing. Logic
mastery ease learning difficulties. Logic
mastery gives a headstart. In sum, logic
mastery will develops critical thinking, improve reading and writing,
and give a firmer base for work and studies at many levels. Good luck.
After logic,
(a) continue reading Three
Skills for Algebra, chapters 8 to 14 and do so alongside site area on solving
liinear Equations ; or (b) see this calculus
starter lesson and Volume 3, Why
Slopes & More Math, chapters 2 to 6;
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What may be learnt and when depends on how skills
and concepts are developed. Making the hard easier and clearer will allow
earlier & richer development of skills and concepts.
Try the Twiddla
Whiteboard. In principle, it allows
to people to draw and chat together online on a copy of this webpage or a clean
sheet. The chat may be via text or audio. Visit www.twiddla.com
to set up whiteboards to work with the webpage of your choice.
For online automated help in senior high school maths & calculus,
visit quickmath.com For Automatic
Calculus and Algebra Help with derivatives, integrals, graphs, linear equations,
matrix algebra, visit calc101.com
With overlap, each site quickmath
& calc101offers a different range of
services, some free, some not, all based on webmathematica. Good luck.
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Readings for Parents
Here is an ad-hoc collection
- For elementary school or K1-5, the Talbot
County Framework page in a two or three page, well-written table,
includes mathematics
framework for preschool to grade 5, one grade or year per
column. Each curriculum item in the table is accompanied by an
action to support or reach it. Page 6.
Ideas for Math elaborates on these ideas
- For junior high school or mid school K6-7, the Talbot
County Framework page also also offers a mathematics
framework for grades 6 & 7. This table provides another
check list as well, Page 6. Ideas
for Math elaborates on these ideas.
- Patricia Clark Kenshaft, Math Power, How to Help your Child Love Math,
Even if you Don't. ISBN 0-201-77289-2. 15 US or 22.00 CDN, Available
from Addision Wesley,
This work is worth reading if you live in the USA.. It includes
checklists for what your child should know for grades 1 to 5. The
traditional checklist is on page 135 and the NCTM Standards oriented check
list is on page 125. Take the annotated bibliography with a grain of salt.
It too kind to many books. Otherwise, this work is very informative. It has
a common sense approach.
- Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer, The Well-Trained Mind, A guide to
classical education at home. ISBN 0-393-04752-0, (35 US
Hardcover). The latter describes the Saxon Math www.saxonpub.com
as an excellent source of lesson plans for primary grades for teacher not
well-prepared in mathematics, with the danger that repeated use may
burn out the teacher. The latter burn out may not be a problem for
one-time use. Chapter 6 of this work, The Well-Trained Mind, points to
further resources for US parents.
Try the following
John Mighton, a Toronto mathematician, has written Jumpmath
workbooks for grades 3 to 6 cover primary school mathematics. The
workbooks for grades 7 and 8 (available fall 2006) may overlap site material.
Parents should consider chaperoning their children, grades 3 to 8, through the
home versions of the workbooks. School versions exist too. The jumpMath
home and school program says the following about itself
One feature
distinguishes our workbooks from regular math textbooks, however: in the JUMP
workbooks, teachers are consistently shown how to help students who are having
trouble moving forward by breaking mathematical concepts and operations into
the most basic elements of understanding and perception
in page of its Teacher Manual for
downloadable Fractions Units.
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www.whyslopes.com
Help your Child or Teen Learn:
Area Intro
1. Speaking Skills
2. Reading & Writing
3. Preparing for Science
4. Learning Takes Time and Effort
5. Math Books: kids & teens
6. Math Books: teens & adults
7. Readings for Parents
8. Patience Please
9. Who is in Charge
10. Motivation
11. Will to Learn
12. Math K1-20
13. Links For Parents
14. JumpMath WorkBooks
15. Discipline in Schools
Maths for Ages 5+
D
What to do in School & Why
E.How to Study Mathematics
To read, write and spell, your children need to
learn and memorize the alphabet. Anything less would be absurd. That being
said, learning and using mathematics demands that your children meet key
skills and concepts, and not skip any. Where local schools do not provide the
latter, you need to provide remedies.
Care and Precision: If your child can learn
to follow multi-step methods carefully and precisely in arithmetic, he or she
may do so in other subjects, as well. Get your child or teen, if you
can, to sit down and study. Suggest he or she aim for skill and concept
development and perfection for their own sake, not that of their teachers.
The will to learn is the key to success in
school. Parents do have to be educated to support or guide their
children and teens. What matters more is support for the will to learn, for
children and teens to be told to try to learn and to ask teachers, their
schools or classmates for help and more help, as needed. Teachers and parents
need to push students, help them find the will to learn, teamwork helps.
The main reason and focus for high school
mathematics is or should be preparation for calculus. That requires skill and
knowledge perfection with fractions, algebra, geometry, trig and functions.
Many high school programs do not provide this. Make sure alone or with
help that your children and teens have a good command of
fractions.
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