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Keeping Math Skills Up-to-Date While School is Closed
Special to The Truth
The transition from in-person to online learning isn’t
easy, particularly when it comes to mathematics, a subject
where many students benefit from classroom learning and
individualized attention from their teacher.
With closures affecting schools and universities for the
foreseeable future, sustaining one’s math skills is very
important, as research has shown that academic gains can
quickly be lost without practice -- on average, students
lose approximately 2.6 months of learning in math over a
typical summer, according to the Harvard Graduate School of
Education.
During the COVID-19 crisis, consider accessing the following
free distance-learning tools from Casio America, Inc., which
are designed to support educators, parents and students K-12
and beyond:
• Tools for calculation, graphing, geometry, statistics and
more can be accessed at ClassPad.net, an all-in-one
web-based platform with an interactive menu that enables
students and teachers to draw geometry figures freehand and
input calculations as they would on real scratch paper.
Users can also plot data points and add text labels,
expressions and pictures to graphs or geometry diagrams.
• Emulator calculator software recreating the functionality
of scientific and graphic calculators, including Casio’s
PRIZM fx-CG50 and fx-CG500, is supported in Windows and Mac
operating systems.
• Downloadable math activities created by teachers for
students in grade levels kindergarten through college can
help students practice their math skills and learn new
techniques for their continuing education.
For access to these resources, as well as online support,
visit CasioEducation.com/remote-learning.
Formal class may not currently be in session, but that
doesn’t mean the learning needs to be put on hold.
Leveraging available resources can help students maintain
their math skills so that when schools reopen, students can
enjoy a successful return to the classroom.
Courtesy StatePoint
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