Karen RemickMore Math ToolsA while back, I wrote an article on how we should teach students how to use math tools instead of teaching them methods. I gave a couple…·7 min read·Feb 29, 2024----
Karen RemickMath Hacks Greatest Hits!People who have been following me for a while know that I published a book on my math hacks for basic arithmetic. Well, I recently…·5 min read·Nov 26, 2023--1--1
Karen RemickTeaching Math: Tools VS MethodsI’ve written several articles critical of how math is taught, but saying that something is wrong isn’t helpful unless you also tell what…·6 min read·Oct 23, 2023--1--1
Karen RemickWhy Should We Learn Math When Everyone Has Calculators?I hear this question a lot. I teach remedial math for the army and have even heard an instructor say that the only reason we didn’t allow…·4 min read·Aug 2, 2023--6--6
Karen RemickFractions: Changing a Subtraction Problem with Borrowing into a Basic Addition ProblemI encourage my students to share the tricks they’ve figured out with me. A couple years back, I had a student who told me that when they…·2 min read·Jul 6, 2023--1--1
Karen RemickMath: How We Teach It V.S. How We Do ItI came to teaching in an unusual route: I got my Ph.D. in Space Physics before becoming a teacher of remedial math for the army. This means…·4 min read·Jul 4, 2023--4--4
Karen RemickinILLUMINATIONHow to Start Liking YourselfSeveral years ago, I went through some rough times and spent some time depressed. I really didn’t like myself and thought about how much…·3 min read·Jun 1, 2023--2--2
Karen RemickSimplifying RatiosRatios are handy for scaling things up or down. It’s best when we can see a clear relationship in the numbers, however, sometimes the…·3 min read·May 21, 2023--1--1
Karen RemickMultiplying 2 Mixed NumbersMultiplying a fraction or a whole number times a mixed number is easy: You break the mixed number apart and multiply the fraction or whole…·2 min read·Apr 30, 2023----
Karen RemickAre We Teaching Math Wrong?I don’t have to repeat any statistics regarding America’s math scores; we all know they’re bad. I sometimes hang out on Quora and there are…·4 min read·Apr 3, 2023--6--6
