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Teaching Math in a Way That Makes Sense

Jul 5, 2021 | Cottage Grove Blog

What is it about Mathnasium that helps students find success in math? The answer is simple: We teach for understanding. Instead of coaching students to rely on memorization, rote learning, or calculators, our highly trained instructors use multiple ap..

When Should Kids Start Learning Math?

Feb 5, 2018 | Cottage Grove Blog

Math is more than just addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. Most math skills are so intuitive to adults that you might not even think of them as belonging to the same category as algebra or trigonometry. Kids start learning math much earli..

Why "Number Sense" Is the Beginning of All Math Ability

Jan 29, 2018 | Cottage Grove Blog

    Ever hear your child or another student talk about math class and say, “That stuff doesn’t make sense to me!”? That’s pretty typical, and it’s because children don’t get enough context when they learn material. Providing context helps students i..

Why do most children hate math in their early years?

Aug 30, 2017 | Cottage Grove Blog

Author: Ryan Chew Having observed the learning behaviour of young children first hand, I'd say that it's because of this:   Learned Helplessness Simply put, the more someone fails at a particular task, the more likely they'll seek to avoid that ..