Math Tutoring for the Real World
November 9th, 2008
If you’re the parent of a student who is having a difficult time with math, you’re familiar with the complaint that equations seem "pointless." Students want to know how solving equations with variables will help them in the real world. Students aren’t sure that real people in the real world use math to solve real problems in their daily lives.
Students need to understand that logic used to solve math equations is a skill that will benefit them throughout life. Even in non-math situations, it is often necessary to isolate the unknown factor in a scenario to understand logically how to go about solving a certain problem Read more…
