Washington state employers that require numeracy and science skills in staff have been sounding a warning over delays in implementing stricter state standards.
Washington businesses fear poor math skills
January 26th, 2010Variety of media and methods help with math
June 2nd, 2009Some interesting educational research findings from ScienceDaily, and reported over at the UK Whizz Blog.
Summarized for your reading pleasure:
Learning with different mathematical methods, using old and new media, and with a teacher to tie it all together, gets the best results.
And so you have it! Math-Whizz has a huge variety of material, encourages pencil-and-paper methods, and facilitates parent-student-teacher communication. A no-brainer.