Imagine Teaching a Student How to Multiply in the Time it Would Take to Eat a SandwichWhen Maureen Stearns began her teaching career, she realized students need hands-on learning. A struggling student was the reason she devised a new approach to multiplication that uses vertical and horizontal lines. She calls it "sticks and steps®."
By: Enrichment Books Feb. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- St. Petersburg, Florida -- In order to broadcast her method to others, Ms. Stearns wrote a book, Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps®: Teach this Easy Method in Just 5 Minutes (Enrichment Books). Geared for educators, parents, and home schools, it employs touching and counting and can be taught to any age student who can count.
This organized system is multi-sensory and eliminates some of the frustration students feel every day about math that includes memorizing the times tables. Research shows multi-sensory learning is the best way for information to get into the brain. With the Sticks and Steps® Method, students are seeing, they're touching, they're hearing, and they're speaking during this learning process, which makes it a concrete rather than an abstract learning activity—and is way more fun. When it comes to learning math in the classroom, Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps® helps level the classroom playing field. According to student Chase L., "Multiplication was so much easier after learning sticks and steps®. I felt important when my teacher asked me to teach it to others." In the field of education, with the stakes being so high, a student's mastery of multiplication can make or break math assessment scores. Born in Forestville, New York, author Maureen Stearns has worked extensively with struggling learners. Her teaching career began in 1992 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She has earned the distinction of being a "highly qualified teacher" and obtained her Master of Science Degree in Community Psychology. As a parent, educator, and author of Conscious Courage®, Maureen seeks out meaningful ways to teach others. Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps®, ISBN 978-0-9726908- Available at Amazon.com, B&N.com, and other bookstores. www.sticksandsteps.com http://insidescooplive.com/ http://firstchapterplus.com/ # # # Publisher of: Multiply and Divide with Sticks and Steps: Teach This Easy Method in Just 5 Minutes. A math book with a refreshingly simple way to help students learn. End
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