{"id":4099,"date":"2014-07-22T14:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=4099"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:57:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:57:03","slug":"right-and-wrong-methods-for-teaching-first-graders-who-struggle-with-math-education-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/22\/right-and-wrong-methods-for-teaching-first-graders-who-struggle-with-math-education-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Right and wrong methods for teaching first graders who struggle with math | Education By The Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Well, surprise surprise:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A new study concludes that those first-graders who are behind their peers would have learned more if their teachers had just taught them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And then practiced it a lot.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/educationbythenumbers.org\/content\/kumon-worksheet-style-drilling-might-effective-little-kids-struggle-math_1564\/\">Right and wrong methods for teaching first graders who struggle with math | Education By The Numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/educationbythenumbers.org\/content\/kumon-worksheet-style-drilling-might-effective-little-kids-struggle-math_1564\/\"><img src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/manipulatives-01-400x265.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-4099'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4099);\" title='Like' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>1 person likes this post.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(4099);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(4099);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Well, surprise surprise: A new study concludes that those first-graders who are behind their peers would have learned more if their teachers had just taught them to add and subtract the old-fashioned way. And then practiced it a lot. Right &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/07\/22\/right-and-wrong-methods-for-teaching-first-graders-who-struggle-with-math-education-by-the-numbers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[41,263],"class_list":["post-4099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-education","tag-mathematics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-147","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3830,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/03\/16\/alberta-education-shrugs-off-concerns-from-teachers-and-parents-that-theres-something-very-wrong-with-albertas-new-math-curriculum-edmonton-journal\/","url_meta":{"origin":4099,"position":0},"title":"Alberta Education shrugs off concerns from teachers and parents that there\u2019s something very wrong with Alberta\u2019s new math curriculum | Edmonton Journal","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Alberta Education shrugs off concerns from teachers and parents that there\u2019s something very wrong with Alberta\u2019s new math curriculum | Edmonton Journal. 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Twelve years of compulsory education in mathematics leaves us with a populace that is proud to announce they cannot balance their checkbook, when they would never share that they were illiterate.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7144,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/11\/21\/worth-sharing-turn-your-classroom-irritation-into-compassion\/","url_meta":{"origin":4099,"position":4},"title":"Worth Sharing: Turn Your Classroom Irritation Into Compassion","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s all too easy to be annoyed by students\u2019 questions, until you realize their confusion might be your fault. 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