Without diving into the history of curriculum changes, I’d like to address the common practice of searching for a new curriculum. Humans are cyclical. We have patterns that we follow and often homeschool parents follow the same patterns. When our child struggles to grasp the difficult concepts in algebra and higher-level math, we start searching […]
Have you ever connected the fact that a mathematics problem has the elements of a great story? What are the elements of a great story? Many would say that the only thing necessary for a great story is good characters and a clear problem. Well if math doesn’t have that, then I don’t know what
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More and more homeschoolers are considering ending their child’s high school math after geometry. There are a few reasons for this: Some colleges are requiring college algebra regardless of high school math study Their students are struggling with math They aren’t planning to go to a university They don’t understand why we study higher level
What does the multiplicative identity have to do with conversions anyway? When I learned the power of the multiplicative identity, the entire world of algebra broke open for me. Algebra is simply all about manipulating numbers within a framework of laws. Simply put, it’s problem solving in God’s world. If Algebra was this world,
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Does your study of latin help you understand math? There are few things in the world as lovely as being in the presence of a latin student when they hear a new word. When I ask my latin students what a percent is, they immediately respond that it is part of a hundred. How did
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