ERIC Number: EJ708395
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Publication Date: 2004-Dec-1
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Supermath: An Alternative Approach to Improving Math Performance in Grades 4 through 9
Pogrow, Stanley
Phi Delta Kappan, v86 n4 p297 Dec 2004
In this article, the author shares a decade's worth of experience in developing an approach to teaching math to upper-elementary and middle school students that simultaneously increases basic skills, improves problem solving, raises test scores, and sparks student interest in math. Sections include: (1) Background Of Supermath; (2) Description Of Supermath; (3) Supermath in the Hood; (4) Word Problem Processors; (5) Tuning In to Kids; and (6) Implications For Practice. (Contains 9 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Discovery Learning, Culturally Relevant Education, Word Problems (Mathematics), Intermediate Grades, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
Phi Delta Kappa International, Inc., 408 N. Union St., P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, IN 47402-0789. Web site: http://www.pdkintl.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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