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Maya Math

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See the wonderful way the people in Mexico use the ancient Maya method of calculation to teach the children. This is badly needed as the comparison show:

Maths is one of the areas in which Mexican students are failing most comprehensively, according to the OECD’s latest Pisa evaluations, which assess student performance around the world at age 15. Despite being Latin America’s second-biggest economy, Mexico ranks bottom of the class in maths among OECD member countries and 58th overall, of the 72 nations ranked.

Some 57 per cent of Mexican students fail to reach the baseline proficiency in maths — significantly worse than the OECD average of 23 per cent.

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Just a simple game of math

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Working on math with children doesn’t have to be complilcated. See the fun game Simon Gregg did with his class.A Cuisenaire race game: roll the dice and take the corresponding rod. Who gets to thirty first?

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Be Positive about Math

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Being Happy about Math is already a very good step forward, see the new research from Stanford:

A positive attitude toward math boosts the brain’s memory center and predicts math performance independent of factors such as a child’s IQ, a Stanford study has found.

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