Description
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
Presenter Bio
Ed is a popular presenter at math, homeschool and gifted education conferences
around the country and has approached gifted education as a parent, teacher, and
school board member. His students will testify to his ability to make math fun
and challenging for them as well as his unique sense of humor which comes
through in his classes and workshops. Ed has taught students of all ages and
abilities since graduating from Oberlin College in 1974. He has a Masters degree
in Gifted Education from the University of Northern Iowa. Ed’s work is currently
being used around the world and has been translated into several languages
including Chinese and Korean.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I liked it
Elizabeth – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was practical to real world examples.
Cindy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was interesting to me as an adult, but it did not provide examples or activities that I can take back to my first grade classroom.
Kelly – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
It was kind of boring.
Claudia – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
This was great.
Elsa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Course was ok.
Tina – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
I found it boring and uninformative
Ernesto – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was well developed and presented. It really helps educators have a different perspective of instruction. Students should have more intellectual curiosity.
Sylvia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course.
Hannah – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I thought that this had many good statements about the “why” behind igniting passion in math. However, there weren’t many resources to be used.