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basic math
so i know someone and he still has trouble with his basi math like addition subbtraction multiplication and division facts. he isnt a younger kid. ive been asked to help him, and i use flash cards but i dont know how to get him to remebering them. does anyone have any suggestions to help him learn these??? thanks
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He probably needs to see rather than visualize in his mind the answer. He most likely learns certain concepts that way and has trouble recalling them without visual aid--flashcards won't necessarily cut it here.
What he needs is for you to give him actual objects that can be arranged so that he can add, multiply, subtract and divide using them. For example put 5 dollars on a table and ask him to take away 2 etc. Same thing with division and multiplication.
Your best bet is to talk to a special education teacher at school and explain what you just did for us and ask them what would they recommend you try as their students have the same problems and they were trained on how to deal with this.
You also need to talk to his parents and ask them what their child usually does to try and remember and then recall certain concepts.
Sure enough, he will have come up with a pattern for remembering things as one of the first things learning disabled kids do (I was one of them with the exact same problem you outlined) is come up with a way to get around their disability and still excel in a subject.
You should ask him outright how can I help make this easier for you to remember? Do you have a special way you use to remember and recall facts in your other classes? Tell him I bet you that it would work with math too.
The key thing to emphasize to this kid is not that he can't do math at all (which is bullshit other teachers think)and he may believe and show him that he can.
A trick that worked with me when I was having trouble recalling math was that the instructor told me to stop and go outside for 15 minutes and or buy a caffenated drink or chocolate from the school vending machine and relax and come back and try it again.
Sure enough, this worked as all I needed to do was eliminate the immediate pressure I felt was on me. Know when to take a break and not to push it whether the kid is young or highschool aged.
I hope this helps. Feel free to hit my mailbox later if you have any questions about this. I'm around to be of service.
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I used to have trouble in basic math. When my parents hired a tutor for me, she used flashcards as a "warm up" for about 5-10 minutes.
She then would write some division/multiplication/addition/subtraction problems on a piece of paper and show me how to solve them. She then wrote a few more and guided me through them as I'd solve them. And finally, she let me solve some on my own and checked them when I was finished.
This help me understand basic math so much better and my math grade increased dramatically.
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No, some people just can't comprehend it. Giving him extra help is not gonna all of a sudden make him able to do math.
I'm 15, I take college level literature and psychology classes, but i'm in a below level geometry class.
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