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Study Skills - How to Study for Math (Part 3)
Help your child recognize the use of math around them in daily life, and engage him or her in games and activities that foster familiarity with numbers and mathematical thinking. A guide, "Helping Your Child Learn Math," is available online at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html. The guide suggests many activities that parents can do with children (grades K-8) at home, at the grocery store, or in transit. The activities generally make use of playing cards, coins, containers, or other simple materials around the house. Here are some other study skills that the guide offers: *Wrong answers can help! *Be patient; incorrect answers tell you that you need to look further, ask questions, and figure out what you do not understand. *Sometimes a wrong answer is the result of misunderstanding the question. *Ask your child to explain how they solved a problem; responses may clarify whether help is needed with a procedure, the "facts" are wrong, or a crucial concept is not understood. *You may learn something that the teacher would find helpful. A short note or telephone call will alert the teacher to possible ways of helping your child. *Help your children become risk takers. Help them examine wrong answers, and assure them that right answers come with understanding. *Problems can be solved in different ways. Though a problem may have only one correct solution, there are often many ways to get the right answer. *Doing math in your head is important. Increased use of calculators and computers makes it increasingly important that people be able to determine whether an answer is reasonable.
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Homework/Studying Tips by Stuart Ackerman MSc.Ed.,B.A.
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