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Nice title, eh? Let me preface this with the admission that I know just about nothing about dyslexia. Clinically, I mean. The reason for this post is that Angela (Mother Crone) left a very interesting comment on yesterday’s post concerning how mental math has helped her daughter, who is dyslexic. How many [...] “In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.” Georg Cantor About a month ago, Penny commented on this post. Here is an except from that comment: “Frankly, I don’t care if an elementary school child can add long columns of numbers in their head [...] I know that in the last post I mentioned that it is pretty much impossible to explain to immature minds what the benefits of learning math or any other skill is. But I assume if your a Math Mojo reader, you have a pretty mature mind. (Cool sentence, eh? I get to flatter both [...] What the heck does writing backwards have to do with math? For me, it’s a sort of warm-up exercise to get me into the creative, non-judgemental flow of opening my mind. This helps let answers come to me that my mind would otherwise have blocked out. It makes thinking less of a chore and [...] With so many things in bloom here in rural upstate New York, I figured it’s time for some new Ideas with Math Mojo. One of them is the addition of a new segment, called, “Strange Powers of the Mind.” Look for a lot more weird stuff like this at Math Mojo. Sign up for [...] To check multiplication of single digits by longer numbers with playing cards: We’re going to use what I call “numbers crunching” to check. That is the same as using the nines-remainders. You do know how to get the nines-remainder of a number, don’t you? It’s very simple, but it takes a bit of explaining. [...] Math Mojo has got some surprises for you. New lessons on how to improve your basic math skills, and videos! Professor Homunculus is getting his Video Mojo workin’ to bring you some great new stuff. The first set of videos will be about how to practice multiplication using playing cards. So grab a deck [...] Something’s been on my mind for a long time. It’s the whole “public school atmosphere” thing. I didn’t generally like school when I was a kid. I guess I went to pretty good schools, as far as schools go. I liked a lot of my teachers. I just didn’t like the “set-up.” I [...] Surely most readers have had thoughts and observations about boys’ and girl’s differences concerning their typical learning strategies. A reader (Susan G.) has been corresponding with Math Mojo for a week or so, and I’ve noticed that she’s made some great observations. She’s also written a e-book on word problems. I’m in the process of [...] Today a concerned reader took issue with what he understands my methods to be. (See comment #4 at Augends, Addends and the Commutative Law of Addition.) Fair enough, but I think he may have misunderstood my methods. That could, of course, be due to the way I communicate them (or miscommunicate them). First let me [...] |
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