Archive for February, 2008

30 Tips for teaching Elementary Math

Small dry erase boards (or white boards from your local home supply store cut into squares) and dry erase markers are great tools when teaching math. You write a problem out on the board and have all of your students copy it down and work it out. The first one that lifts their board in [...]

Feb 21, 2008 | 5 comments View Post

Coping with Math Anxiety

For many students, a special anxiety is associated with taking a math test. Students who believe they are not good at math probably won’t do well on math tests even if they study. Your job as a math teacher would be to help them cope with math anxiety. Here are some tips you can suggest [...]

Feb 12, 2008 | 3 comments View Post