Using these teaching strategies for math boosts students' confidence in math abilities
Improve Students’ Math Skills: Number & Operations, Patterns, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Probability, Statistics & Problem Solving
Individually directed student activities challenge young learners to go beyond their comfort level and really learn new things about the subject matter at hand. Another effective way to engage students in an efficient math teaching strategy is to have them show and explain their work to you. This is one of many teaching strategies that help teachers improve students' math essentials and basic skills. This unique tactic has been shown to encourage innovative problem solving and build critical thinking skills in students. It is also a good assessment tool that allows educators to gauge student understanding and comprehension.
Mentoring Minds offers a series of math resources based off this strategy of showing and proving math work. The Math Essentials tools can supplement any math course by improving student understanding and knowledge of essential math skills. By utilizing mostly open-ended responses, the Math Essentials resources give students a strong knowledge base as well as an improved understanding of most mathematics basics, like patterns, problem solving, geometry, measurement, probability, numbers and operations, and more.
The Math Essentials student edition is the ultimate guide to learning and implementing critical math basics for levels 2-5. Students engage in either short constructed responses or longer constructed responses for the most important math elements. There are digital projection CDs that can accompany the Math Essential student edition for greater engagement and student participation. Teachers may choose to include the entire class in a group activity, made much easier and more enjoyable by projecting the student edition questions and problems onto a larger screen.
Besides these activity books, Math Essentials also has more unique tools for teaching strategies related to mathematics. Our story mats present a more interactive approach to learning mathematics and increasing understanding of math vocabulary and skills. The books feature reproducible scenes that students can act out, along with hundred of problem solving challenges. Students learn how to translate actions into math symbols and numbers, which encourages creative thinking and helps bridge the gap between abstract math concepts and concrete actions and words.
Math Essentials is a comprehensive, supplemental math resource. It develops and strengthens students’ knowledge and understanding of essential math skills through open-ended responses.
Short constructed responses and extended constructed responses are included for Number and Operations, Patterns, Relationships and Algebraic Thinking, Geometry, Measurement, Probability and Statistics, and Problem Solving.
Math Essentials Student Editions
Math Essentials Student Edition contains a variety of short- and extended-response questions. The student editions are designed to develop and strengthen student knowledge of essential math concepts.
Available Levels : 2, 3, 4, 5
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Math Essentials Digital Projection CDs
The digital projection CD expands the possible instructional applications of Math Essentials.
Available Levels : 2, 3, 4, 5
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Problem-Solving Story Mats
The Problem-Solving Story Mats allow teachers to work with students, using a variety of manipulatives, to act out the action of the story.
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Mental Math Loops
The Mental Math Loop games are engaging, rich in mathematics vocabulary and provide additional math language experiences for students.
Available Levels : 2-3, 4-5, 6-12
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