Santoscoy uses peer mediation groups and one - on - one sessions to teach
kids basic problem - solving skills.
Not exact matches
Kids are given a
basic algebra
problem, and then asked to solve it to figure out which relative sexually assaulted a girl when she was 8 years old.
Challenge number two is — this is something that I became more aware of working on Helping Children Succeed — that even going beyond the challenges that low - income
kids face and the gaps in our academic outcomes, there are significant
problems with some of the
basic approaches to teaching and education that we have in our schools: The
basic principles of American pedagogy, how we teach math, how we teach anything.
Let your
kids get bored, don't solve all their
problems, and be sure to tend to your own
basic needs first
Overarching all of that, you do go back to the
basic principle of the open classroom movement which is actually that
kids have to be allowed to find the people they need to work with to solve particular
problems, they need to be able to work with people they need to work, they need to be given facilities to be able to move off and to do things when they feel like they need them.
Counting coins, word
problems, and coin matching will help familiarize
kids with the
basics of money.
Sometimes we all get so caught up in the thinking that its got to be a huge complex
problem, that we forget sometimes (i know i do), start with the
basics, work the trouble trees, and most importantly, sometime you just got to walk away, go talk to a buddy in the shop about the race, or how his
kid is doing, clear the mind, take a breath and fix the
problem.