In New York, Illinois and many other states across the nation, newspaper writers and professional educators are lamenting the fact that lowered expectations have hindered math curricula. Simply put, teachers and legislators have lowered the bar in terms of what they expect from students in math, and tests have been made easier to compensate. Not all the blame should be placed on teachers, and children cannot be held culpable for losing interest in a subject that doesn’t seem to relate.
It’s up to parents to foster their children’s academic growth out of school. What’s the use of sitting in a classroom all day if most of the material “learned” is forgotten as soon as the bell rings? Educational math games on the computer can help get kids engaged in the learning process in a way that rote memorization and vague chalkboard equations simply cannot. Here is a case of technology being put to good use.
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