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Vol. 2, Iss.8
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Math
Global Institute of Mathematics
Review By Linda Foster
Reforms in mathematics education during the past decade, while plentiful, have not always been beneficial. Students are often deprived of the skills necessary to be successful at the university level and find themselves in need of remedial classes once admitted into a university. Global Institute of Mathematics was designed to address this problem by offering courses taught in the traditional method preferred by universities. Using the latest innovations in distance learning techniques, Global Institute of Mathematics provides American and international students with the necessary tools for math success in the American University system.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS: MATH OR ANTIMATH!
The academic area that studies structures is mathematics. A building is a physical structure and to construct it, many “pieces” are connected. A story is a mental structure and as it develops, many pieces are connected. Do you recall elementary/middle school math as connected and flowing or as disconnected and fragmented? Virtually all people experienced the latter.
If learning mathematics requires perception of structures, which require connections, then in the same way that “disconnection” is the opposite of “connection”, our elementary/middle school experiences were the opposite of the math they were claimed to be! It is absurd to call something and its opposite by the same name. Consequently, we were unwillingly exposed not to math, but to “antimath.”
Singing Turtle Press
By Natasha Pirtz
Are you about to go BERSERK from teaching your child Algebra? Have you tried every expensive program out there, only to find that nothing has worked? If you are looking for an affordable, easy-to-use program, the Algebra Survival Guide and Workbook are for you.
The "Algebra Survival Guide," a creation of Singing Turtle Press, has helped thousands of homeschoolers because it is both thorough and student-friendly. The "Algebra Survival Guide" is written in Q & A format, with the questions written from the perspective of a confused student, and the answers written from the point of view of a friendly teacher. No more textbook talk! And every page is a mini lesson, so children don't get overwhelmed.
