Family Math for Urban Students and Parents. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 146.

Autor/in	Schwartz, Wendy
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY.
Titel	Family Math for Urban Students and Parents. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 146.
Quelle	(1999), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	0889-8049
Schlagwörter	Cultural Awareness; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Family Programs; Mathematics; Mathematics Instruction; Urban Schools; Urban Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Elementarunterricht; Family program; Familienprogramm; Mathematik; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Youth; Jugend
Abstract	Family mathematics programs, based on family literacy programs, successfully teach math skills to both children and their parents. This digest describes specific strategies for teaching family mathematics. Schools can use these strategies as part of an overall program or as ad hoc family learning activities. In family math programs, program participants are considered to have a contract with each other in which the teacher plans and presents activities, and the parent and child work on them together. Family math program problems and experiments use situations and materials from everyday experience. Most effective family math programs include personal contact between teachers and parents, periodic group meetings for parents, resource rooms, family outings with learning opportunities, and different levels of group and home work. To be successful, family math programs must recognize cultural and language differences among families. (Contains 13 references.) (SLD)
Anmerkungen	ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, Institute for Urban and Minority Education, Box 40, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027; Tel: 800-601-4868 (Toll free).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC