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Math Wars anyone? 'Math's too hard. I'll drop it as soon as I can.' 'I just don't get Math. I always end up fighting with numbers.' Too many people are in difficulty with Math and the results are plain to see. - Muddling through, cut off from higher level Math - Abandoning career goals based on Math and Science - Frustration and discouragement with learning generally Curriculum reform is all about problem-based and discovery-based learning. Great - but that ignores the need to practise and memorise standard arithmetic algorithms. Without those, learners remain frustrated, and underachieve. It's like trying to drive with the brakes applied. Innumeracy, Cognitive Overload and Neurology Learners are held back in Math because they have cognitive overload. They're too busy wrestling with numbers to give their attention to Math concepts. That's because strong mental computation skills have not yet been neurologically embedded. Their thinking is hijacked by poor mental arithmetic skills. Neurological research says those learners have not yet made the shift from fact retrieval in the pre-frontal cortex, into memory-based problem-solving in the hippocampal area. Practice and repetition are essential to make that transfer into permanent memory. Kitchen table Math - inoculate against frustration 'Math Figured Out' contains over 250 pages of exercises, and more than 20,000 questions on Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. Rather than traditional linear rows of exercises, we use a bulls eye pattern. That design is to reshape, or to awaken, a learner's neurological structure so that he or she can learn and retain arithmetical algorithms for life. Ready when you are Yes to - A fraction of the cost of tutoring - Accessible: uncluttered, ready-to-go - Habit-forming: paced for short daily, habit-forming practice - Systematic: spiral sequence that builds on prior skills - Comprehensive: 20,000+ questions, use any or all modules, any time - Flexible: use for catch-up, refresher or enrichment - Reinforcement: a home-school bridge and enabler No to - Expensive - Pandering - Wordy - Boring - Distracting - Time Consuming - Locked Into Tutoring Or After-School Programs

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John has taught Junior and Intermediate school for many years, and has also operated a Kumon Learning Centre.

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