How Educators Are Using MathRealm

Programs to Help Students Learn Mathematics

and

An Overview of MathRealm’s

Pedagogical Research

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Overview

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) contains the most sweeping changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) since it was enacted in 1965. It changes the federal government’s role in primary and secondary education by asking schools to describe their success in terms of what each student accomplishes. The NCLB requires States to place an emphasis on accountability and evidence-based decision making. States and school districts applying for federal grant funding will need to demonstrate that their instruction methodologies, policies, practices, programs and services are founded on scientifically based research.

The purpose of this white paper is two fold: First, to provide actual examples of how educators are using MathRealm programs to improve student achievement in mathematics, and second, to explain the research that the MathRealm programs are based upon.

MathRealm’s No Child Left Behind Report Overview MathRealm has developed a report to provide examples of how educators are using our software to improve student achievement in mathematics and to explain the research the MathRealm programs are based upon.

Text Box: Educator in Focus Ms. Brown, an educator at the Francis Parker Middle School, San Diego, CA, uses MathRealm pre-algebra curriculum by projecting the lessons in front of her class and then directing her students to work with the software at their individual classroom computers.

How Educators are using MathRealm


Educators are using MathRealm software to meet a wide range of needs. Educators use the software:

• For in-class presentations to visually demonstrate a concept and develop problem-solving skills.

• To reinforce math concepts on an individual basis.

• For enrichment for students who have mastered the basics.

In this interactive lesson, students move blocks on each side of the balance beam to explore solving an equation.

Educators find MathRealm software to be helpful for:

• Struggling students.

• Average students.

• Advanced students.


Educators measure improvement with MathRealm software through in-class discussions and written tests.

The report provides numerous examples of how educators incorporate MathRealm software into their curriculum.

MathRealm Pedagogical Research

Slope-Intercept Graph Tool

The report highlights some of the key pedagogical research that MathRealm’s curriculum is based upon. The report focuses on six areas that pose some of the greatest challenges for students.

• Transition to algebraic reasoning.

• Variables.

• Algebraic expressions.

• Visual graphs for symbolic expressions.

• Function and variable manipulation.

• Geometric reasoning.

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