YouCubed is a non-profit, web-based website that offers mathematics resources for both educators and parents. YouCubed revolutionized approach to mathematics attempts to offer research based resources to help teachers and parents excite students and promote a deep understanding of mathematics - and ultimately to transform the way that students think about math. YouCubed promotes the idea that all students can learn and achieve high levels in mathematics equally if given equal opportunities and exposure. The YouCubed organization also promotes learning mathematics in innovative ways that introduce students to the ways that math is used to solve problems in their lives and possible future careers.
YouCubed is an excellent resource for my future career in teaching mathematics in the primary/elementary classroom setting. This website, once it is fully operating, will offer an abundance of beneficial resources such as lesson plans, and research articles, that will assist me in creating a classroom that fosters excitement and deep understanding of mathematics in my students. The website has already offered me some insight into the organizations revolutionary approach to teaching mathematics in the articles featured in the big ideas portion of the website Big Ideas titled "Unlocking Children's Math Potential". This article dispelled the myth that only some students can do well in math through explanations of the areas of knowledge that address the myth. This article began my initial excitement about this website as a beneficial resource to use in my future teaching.
The current YouCubed website also offers an example of the resources the website will offer to help teachers to relate mathematics to real life problems for students through the organizations math and innovation approach. This example provides students with a problem that the Google company had faced recently and how the company used mathematics to solve the problem. I believe this approach is beneficial for students because relating what they're learning about mathematics in their classroom to a real life standing will reinforce their understanding of the math concept and will promote deep levels of understanding for the students. The YouCubed websites provides teachers with real life examples of how to accomplish these connections to real life issues.
Finally, one of the most exciting aspects of this site for me as a future teacher, is a section where the website provides ideas and resources for parents to use to assist their children with mathematics outside of the classroom setting. I have learned that it is often difficult for teachers to find effective materials for parents to use at home, and I have also heard similar complaints from parents of students who are struggling with math concepts. YouCubed offers parents resources such as YouCubed games, and articles such as "Twelve Step to Increase Your Child's Math Achievement and Make Math Fun" to assist parents in helping their children learn in this revolutionary and innovative way.
YouCubed is a fantastic, revolutionary, web-based organization that offers free K-12 mathematics resources for teachers and parents, and affordable professional development for educators. I will use this exceptional website resource to assist in my teaching in my future primary/elementary classroom to promote an interest in math and a deeper understanding of the math concepts in my students. I will also recommend this website to the parents of my students who are looking for extra beneficial resources for students to use at home.
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