Nashua Math and Algebra

Math anxiety is much more than a dislike for the subject—it’s a real problem for students, one that blocks the brain’s working memory.  Does math make you a nervous? Don't worry  It is very common   A bout 30% of high school students reported that they felt “helpless” when doing mathematics problems. For many people, math fears can be traced back to elementary school, and specifically, to timed tests and forced memorization, says SFU professor   “Neuro   scientists have shown recently that for people with math anxiety, a fear center lights up in their brain — the same as when they see snakes and spiders — and the problem- solving center of the brain shuts down . Tears or anger might signal anxiety, especially if they appear only during math. Students with math anxiety tend to be very hard on themselves and work under the harmful and false assumption and starts a self-perpetuating cycle of math avoidance, low achievement, and fear.  But what can parents do to improve kids’ attitudes

COVID-19 and student learning in the United States: The hurt could last a lifetime.  Learning Loss in Math reaches average up to 60% which is equal to 3 Months of Learning Loss New evidence shows that the shutdowns caused by COVID-19 could exacerbate existing achievement gaps. The US education system was not built to deal with extended shutdowns like those imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers, administrators, and parents have worked hard to keep learning alive; nevertheless, these efforts are not likely to provide the quality of education that’s delivered in the classroom. A sweeping new review of national test data suggests the pandemic-driven jump to online learning has had little impact on children's reading growth and has only somewhat slowed gains in math. That news comes from the testing nonprofit NWEA and covers nearly 4.4 million U.S. students in grades three through eight. But the report also includes a worrying caveat: Many of the nation's most vulnerable studen

In the recent years, there has been a lot written about U.S. standards in math education. According to the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) — a study which measures proficiency in math, reading, and science for around 500,000 15-year-old students in 65 countries, the United States performed “below average” in mathematics and ranked 27th among 34 Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The country’s performance in reading and science was closer to the OECD average. Much of the rhetoric has been around whether math is taught with the same rigor in U.S. schools compared to other countries. This perception that students need more focus on math could be partly responsible for the growing popularity of private, after-school math enrichment programs. Most of the math programs have originated from countries known for their stringent math education such as Japan, Korea, and Russia. I myself have sent my children to a couple of such

Why Math is Important It seems natural that the majority of the population knows almost nothing about mathematics and that their relation to math is limited to the four rules. This distance contrasts with the importance of mathematics today in society. Mathematics is at the center of our culture and its history is often confused with that of philosophy. Just as the cosmological and evolution theories have exerted considerable influence on the conception that humans have of ourselves, the non-Euclidean geometries have allowed new ideas about the universe and theorems of mathematical logic have revealed the limitations of the deductive method. The mathematics is present in our daily lives. For many students, math is boring, abstract, lacking in creativity, complex and very difficult to understand, hence the typical expressions of “I am of letters” or “Numbers are not mine.” However, it is a subject that is part of the study of our children and as such should be an effort for compr