What Kids Learn in Math Class that You Never Learned: Elementary
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Course Overview
What will this course include? What qualifications does Susan Midlarsky have? Find out here.
Reflective Exercise
Understand what may be in the way of helping children succeed in math.
Early Math Foundations
Learn about how early understandings of numbers and quantities can be developed to form the foundation of manipulating larger numbers later, and how number sense is formed. Suggested activities and resources are provided.
Concepts of Equivalence
Learn about how comparison and equivalence are necessary to a strong foundation that will enable addition, subtraction, and equation abilities.
Word Problems
Word or story problems provide a context for real-life problem solving. Learn about how these can be approached and mastered at an early level.
Mental Addition and Subtraction Strategies: Part 1
How do some people add and subtract in their heads so quickly, while others have to go step-by-step through the algorithm or pull out a calculator? Find out some strategies students are taught to add and subtract mentally in Part 1 of this lesson.
Mental Addition and Subtraction Strategies: Part 2
How do some people add and subtract in their heads so quickly, while others have to go step-by-step through the algorithm or pull out a calculator? Find out some more strategies students are taught to add and subtract mentally in Part 2 of this lesson.
Those Pesky Common Core/”New Math” Memes Explained
You know those viral memes that point out how ridiculous Common Core/"New math" is? Learn what they are really about and why they are not ridiculous after all. We don't know what we don't know!
Relationships Between Multiplication & Addition and Division & Subtraction
How does multiplication relate to addition, and subtraction relate to division? Understand these relationships opens up additional strategies and conceptual thinking.
Relationships Between Addition & Subtraction and Multiplication & Division
How can understanding the relationships between these operations help us understand how numbers work and how to work with numbers? Learn some basics here, as well as visual models to support understanding.
Area Models and Multiplication
What's the connection between multiplication and area of a rectangle? And how can that make multi-digit multiplication easier? Find out here.
Bar Models and Tape Diagrams
Learn more in-depth strategies for visualizing and solving multiplication and division word problems.
Tips for Finding Multiples and Factors, 1 through 7
Tips that anyone can use for making mental multiplication and division easier, covering factors 1 through 7.
Tips for Finding Multiples and Factors, 8 through 12
Tips that anyone can use for making mental multiplication and division easier, covering factors 8 through 12.
You know those viral memes that point out how ridiculous Common Core/”New math” is? Learn what they are really about and why they are not ridiculous after all. We don’t know what we don’t know!
Additional resources:
- Video about why Common Core problems look so weird
- Article about the viral check
- An article about Common Core Standards in Action
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