Help your child understand their elementary math textbook — an easy-to-follow guide designed to help them succeed. |
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The Math Guide for Parents is not intended to replace the math textbook in use by the student, or to teach parents math. Unit Openers include a description of the math strand, as well as the particular topic for that unit. If your School Council hasn't yet received their order forms, you can order individual copies by filling out the Online Order Form. For more information about buying single copies of the Guide, please contact Sales. AS SEEN IN: Toronto Star, January 11, 2012 CBC-TV News, January 11, 2012 Metro Morning, January 12, 2012 The Math Guide for Parents: 5 (Pearson) is now available in the Toronto Public Library system. There is also an excellent article by Margaret Wente in the Globe and Mail about the problems with elementary math. The elementary math program is not only a problem in Ontario. In Manitoba, a new group of parents and teachers has been launched to improve math education in K-12. The Western Initative for Strengthening Education in Math is online and active. In Ontario, a petition has recently been started asking the Minister of Education to address the many criticisms of the existing math program. "We need a revolution in math education" Toronto Star Editorial, January 8, 2014 |
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The Math Guide for Parents is not connected in any way with Pearson Education Canada Inc. which publishes the elementary math textbook, Math Makes Sense; nor with Thomson/Nelson, which publishes Nelson Mathematics. |