Description
Research shows that thousands of hours of meaningful practice are the key to excellence in mathematics. Because of this, children who are talented in mathematics must not only progress through their curriculum at the proper pace, but they must also be exposed to material that inspires and nurtures their gift.
A failure to find mathematics challenging, interesting, or relevant are significant factors when students lose interest in mathematics. Children who are talented in mathematics must be exposed to material that lights a fire and fuels their gift. This session will give valuable information to help you foster your students’ passion for mathematics.
In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
- How to nurture a passion for math
- Important uses for mathematics in real life
- How to create intriguing worksheets
- Famous math mistakes
- The importance of decimals
- Problem-solving techniques
- Engaging strategies for teaching math to gifted students
Other courses in this series:
10 Challenging Math Problems and Strategies to Successfully Solve Them
Pathway to Mathematical Understanding in Early Childhood
The Missing Part in Most Math Instruction – How to Think Algebraically
Stephanie – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and interesting.
Rosa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Mirella – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good information
Kali – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Very entertaining course that gets me thinking about how to make math more fun in the classroom.
LUIS – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided actual concrete math examples. These included in subjects of geometry, statistics, and algebra.
Erica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Real world examples given help make accurate connections on the topic.
Maureen – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Another interesting course. I love the examples and activities.
Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent presentation. I liked the real-life examples provided to explain the importance of math skills.
Stacey – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas on how to keep students engaged and passionate about math.
Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed his thinking.
Laura – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Chris – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I like the personal examples the instructor offers as they help make the material more relateable.
Asela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very secondary math related, I’m so glad people make this ones now a days!!!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very educational, but I would have liked to see more techniques and examples to apply in the classroom.
Catherine – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good challenge problems, but some repeated content from other courses by the same presenter.
Alfredo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It will help you make sure to challenge all your students, not just your gifted ones.
Noel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great info. that is actually useful in our classrooms.
Monica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome ideas to instill passion and curiosity in learning/teaching math.
Kellie – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Practical ideas that can be applied to any classroom. Great reminders for good practices for math teachers.
Juana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great!
Rita – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
excellent
Bethel – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It gives some great information about making math one applicable in real life situations and two, that showing mistakes is okay and helps students feel okay not always knowing the answer.
Omar – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with useful information.
Katherine – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent for all students identified and not identified gifted.
Adele – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
Has some good ideas that can be applied to the classroom.
Lynne – HUGHES SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
examples and information was exactly like another course I took earlier today.
Kyla – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great course. It was very similar to one of the other math courses I took from this instructor, so some of the material was repeated. I love how engaging this instructor is though!
Rachel – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I would rate this course a 5. It was brief, yet very thorough. It was easy to understand and gave real life strategies for teaching math to nurture growth.
Lourdes – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Darlene – NEW BREMEN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Enjoyed his passion to make math interesting and relevant to students’ lives.
Stacy – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I enjoyed how the instructor gave ideas about sparking passion in math. The delivery of the course kept my interest the entire time and now I feel more passionate about helping students learn math.
Gabriela – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Provides good advice
Rosalinda – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –
The presenter did a good job in sparking a better way to get students build passion towards math.
Lourdes – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
great course
TOMAS – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Strong ideas on how to approach the teaching of Math. It at least gets you to think before just plopping down a basic worksheet, thinking you’re helping improve skills that will help students solve challenging or difficult problems.
Esperanza – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
interesting
Kacy – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I was hoping to learn strategies to help teach math to gifted students. Instead this course was basically about real world importance in math. It was okay, but not what I was expecting to take away from this.
Emily – Pilot (verified owner) –
I always enjoy Ed’s easy way of instructing and challenging my thinking when taking his courses.
Viviana – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Jessica – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was okay.
Melissa – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Deborah – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and easy to relate to as a math teacher.
Martin – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent if you love brain teasers!
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The way the course is presented keeps the viewer really interested in learning more. Thank you
JANIE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Nice information.
Crystal – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
Dora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was about challenging word problems and how to come up with answers in different ways.
Cassandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!!