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Math Help for the Numerically ChallengedHave you ever needed math help at 1:00 a.m.? Maybe you got started on your homework a little late. Or, have you ever tried to help your high school son or daughter with Pre-Cal, and forgotten that you never really understood Algebra, Geometry and Algebra II? How the heck did I pass those courses?Have your kids given you a quizzical look when you printed out your multiplication tables? Math is different now, and we’re definitely not in Kansas anymore Toto. 
Websites For Help With MathI guess math hasn’t changed, but the way it’s taught has evolved (and luckily, so has technology). We can now refresh our math skills on the internet and work with our kids, or find a tutor online to help. Either way, getting math homework help has come a long way.Websites for math are abundant on the internet. Do a Google search for “math” and the list is almost endless. Maybe you just need some free print out worksheets for elementary math. Or maybe you need to read up on the latest teaching techniques, so you understand what your child’s teacher is doing in class. Information on elementary math is at your fingertips. What about middle school math (or for some of you, junior high). It gets a little trickier here. Mathematical concepts become a little more sophisticated to prepare your kids for high school. And talk about a huge academic and social transition...from middle school to high school. For many parents the end of the self help line comes with high school math help. It may be time to turn this over to the pros. For some of my favorite online math help sites, please click here.Attacking Math AnxietyTo add to the problem, kids have a hard time seeing how math applies to their everyday world. I mean, besides adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing...they just don’t see the application.Math, more than most other subject requires a solid foundation. Every year, the schools add more material to the foundation. If your foundation is flawed, everything built on top of that foundation is flawed. Here’s the good and bad about the foundational idea. The good part is that well trained teachers or tutors can quickly determine what foundational blocks are missing in your child’s math history, and then fill in the blocks. The bad part is that kids don’t understand that they’re missing a foundational element, and begin to think that they’re just dumb and don’t get it. Then after some time of struggling and self doubt, they either give up, or begin developing math anxiety, thinking they can never do math...ever!But math help is here, and it’s everywhere on the internet. I’ll try to steer you in the right direction whether you want to try to do it yourself or get a tutor involved. Return from Math Help to Tutor Trend Home Page |
