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Online Math Resources Prove Great Success
by J.S. StevensHigh failure rates and concerns that students are not learning the
math skills
they needhas caused many parents and teachers to find better sources for supplementing their child'seducation. Many of these
math resources
are found
online
and to this day arebeing developed, tested and reviewed due to the high demand for better math skills.
Math can be fun
but regrettably, students, teachers and administrators are concernedthat math is not enjoyable or fun for the student thus, they lose interest in the process of learning. This has prompted the concerned to research new ways to
teach math
, newways to learn math and new ways to enjoy a subject that has a reputation of disinterest amongthe youth. These teachers, parents, mathematicians and developers have committed to designing newprograms,
math games
, camps, and stirred up enthusiasm for math over the last fewyears. They are starting to see a positive result in the college entrance exams.Homeschool families have had the same concerns of the main stream of educators and in thepast teaching
home school math
was approached with tripedation. They wereapprehensive and would attribute a low exam score to their skills. Although, a student can learnhow to solve equations it was more desirable that they learn solid math skills that would givethem a better foundation for their everyday adult life. This experience has caused thehomeschool family to make math learning a priority through available materials that can befound online and on hand. This also caused the student to engage in online learning which hasbeen found to be desired due to the visual and electronic preference among this generation.Many of the problems in math were found in the simple task of how the students were takingnotes in class. Teachers and parents realized students were going to class and only writing anequation which could not be reiterated at home or during studies. However, online math tutoringand studies allowed the student to engage in a process that follows the whole audible, visual andtactile educational process.With this system, the online math courses allowed the student to learn without a "lecturingteacher" at their own pace which was found to be faster. Students proved to learn math skillsearlier and faster with this type of "hands on” and activity based learning experience.Sadly, many classrooms in the public and private school systems did not have this type of learning and did not have the computers to allow this educational provision. As a result, they didnot fare as well as the online student with online math resources available to them.In conclusion, the activity-based curriculum appeals to the different learning styles and ended inhigher levels of success whereas the “old school” math curriculum which is spent on practicingmath problems and listening to audible lectures did not suffice which ended in low test scores inmath.
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