Summer Scheduling Details
MathAffect is currently scheduling students for the summer session. We’re trying something a little different this year to accommodate summer camps and family vacations (both equally important to summer math work). Rather than scheduling a weekly time, we’re scheduling time by the week. Each week will have 2-3 sessions (TR or TWR, depending on need) [...]
read moreATOMIM presentation 3/25
Thanks to everyone who came to MathAffect’s presentation today! Attached is the powerpoint presentation from today’s talk. If you have any technical difficulties, please email me at Cristina_Post@mail.harvard.edu and I will send you the file as an attachment. Also, if you have good resources for math games that you are willing to share, please post [...]
read moreIt couldn’t hurt… part 1.
There is no way to directly apply neuroscience to education. While we have learned a great deal recently about how the brain learns, the studies simply don’t exist that can test one “brain-based” strategy over another. The best that we can do is read the research and use common sense to figure out what approach [...]
read moreMathAffect to present at ATOMIM!
I am pleased to announce that I will be presenting on behalf of MathAffect at the Spring Conference for the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine, an affiliate of NCTM. The conference is on March 25th at the University of Maine in Augusta. For information about ATOMIM and details about the spring conference, check [...]
read moreMath Interventions for Asperger’s and NLD students
A holistic approach to learning should never focus on your student’s diagnosis. The best way to determine the approach that is right for your child starts with an initial period of observation and interaction, testing different methodologies for efficacy. The best interventions will involve you, the parent, in a collaborative process to come up with [...]
read moreWaldorf High Schools and Neuroscience
Waldorf high school curricula scaffold ethical thinking, which leads to improved decision-making, rational thought, and the ability to transfer academic knowledge to students’ personal lives.
read moreMath Game for Multiplication (Grades 1-3)
It occurs to me that as someone who advocates playing games in math as a way to improve student affect, I should post some of my favorite games. I have been reading a great book lately, Games for Math by Peggy Kaye. It’s not a new book (published in 1988), but it’s a great one. [...]
read moreHow can sleep affect learning?
To sleep, perchance to dream… most of us are aware of REM sleep, the stage of sleep where our brain activity is the most similar to wakefulness. We dream, as our eyes move rapidly behind our eyelids (not dream-related, as it turns out – the intense electrical activity in our brains simply stimulates the trigeminal [...]
read moreWhat can I do to help my student succeed in math?
A bullet list of ideas to help your student succeed in math class.
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