How do we overcome innumeracy? Let us count the ways…

By on    Good Thinking, Guest columns, Heath, Making Math Make Sense by Mathnasium, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City  

ROCKWALL,TX. (August 19, 2014) Innumeracy, the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy, has been a much discussed problem in educational circles for many years. American students do not score well on international ratings in Math and Science, thus TAAKS, STAAR, Common Core and other programs have been developed in an effort to address this problem. As parents, […]

Making math make sense to children

By on    Guest columns, Heath, Making Math Make Sense by Mathnasium, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City  

ROCKWALL, HEATH (March 20, 2014) By the time parents seek math help for their child, they have usually run into difficulties explaining the math concepts that their child is encountering in school or topics they are trying to teach them in a home school environment. The majority of their efforts have been met with frustration, […]