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Teacher Magazine Review
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Teacher Magazine published an article on MATH*Ability in Spring, 2003. The article describes how the program is used in various schools in Monterey and Salinas California.
Michelle Moser and Janet Masuda, teachers at Buena Vista Middle School, wanted to bring MATH*Ability into their classrooms. The article explains: Several years ago, they were teaching 6th and 7th graders who couldn't compute the answer to "7x8," let alone understand its relationship to "7x7." "If they can't do '7x8,'" Mosher says, "how am I going to teach them fractions?"
MATH*Ability focuses solely on arithmetic skills because without a solid arithmetic foundation, higher level math is impossible.
MATH*Ability teaches children how to study. They learn: · Progress comes a day at a time. A little bit of daily practice is more effective than cramming before a test. · How to gauge their progress using · The value of consistently reviewing and
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