Amos, Grade 10 Mississauga, Ontario
Follow up article to Let's Get Together's Math It UP Event
Everyone loves to have fun, and everyone hates math right? Well, there are a couple of games you can play that will make you like math (for the time being) and also improve your skills! You can play these games either by yourself or with friends, and practice math at the same time (I can guarantee you’ll have lots of fun!).
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Playing/using these games (as well as the site) can help those who learn through interaction. In Grade 7 the way my teacher taught math wasn’t that great. She gave us worksheets and different learning styles, but they were not usually interactive, unlike my Grade 6 teacher. So, because I was a more interactive learner I didn’t do all that well in class. Through this experience, I believe that teachers should try to implement all types of learning (even in math) to make their learning fun and easy to apprehend. In conclusion, you can have lots of fun and practice math at the same time using these games.
Image Source: https://www.educationalappstore.com/blog/10-best-apps-improve-math-skills-adults-2019/
During the Math It Up workshop, there were lots of university and college Student Ambassadors there that introduced lots of fun games to try out!* You can play a whole variety of games ranging from 24 to Math Tic Tac Toe, and in every game, you can learn a lesson! 24 is a game that you could play with friends or by yourself. In the game, you are given 4 numbers, and with those numbers you have to make the number 24 using any kind of operation (addition, subtraction, etc.). The lesson that 24 can teach you is that there are many ways to complete a problem, and there’s usually more than one solution. Math Tic Tac Toe is a fun game where you can play it with your friends! It involves the basic rules of Tic Tac Toe, but the catch is: you have to answer math questions to place your marker. This game is great for learning while having fun with your friends, and if your teacher catches you in class playing with them you can just say that you were doing math (I don’t recommend that you do other things rather than focusing on the lesson though)! The lessons that this game can teach you is that you can have fun while doing math, that you can work together as a team (if you’re playing as a team), and that you can ask each other for help. There’s also a site called MathIsFun which allows you to study math, have interactive lessons, and play fun math games too! This site, along with the other games I’ve mentioned; can prove that sometimes you can have fun while learning and practicing your math skills.
During the Math It Up workshop, there were lots of university and college Student Ambassadors there that introduced lots of fun games to try out!* You can play a whole variety of games ranging from 24 to Math Tic Tac Toe, and in every game, you can learn a lesson! 24 is a game that you could play with friends or by yourself. In the game, you are given 4 numbers, and with those numbers you have to make the number 24 using any kind of operation (addition, subtraction, etc.). The lesson that 24 can teach you is that there are many ways to complete a problem, and there’s usually more than one solution. Math Tic Tac Toe is a fun game where you can play it with your friends! It involves the basic rules of Tic Tac Toe, but the catch is: you have to answer math questions to place your marker. This game is great for learning while having fun with your friends, and if your teacher catches you in class playing with them you can just say that you were doing math (I don’t recommend that you do other things rather than focusing on the lesson though)! The lessons that this game can teach you is that you can have fun while doing math, that you can work together as a team (if you’re playing as a team), and that you can ask each other for help. There’s also a site called MathIsFun which allows you to study math, have interactive lessons, and play fun math games too! This site, along with the other games I’ve mentioned; can prove that sometimes you can have fun while learning and practicing your math skills.
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Image Source: https://www.24game.com
Playing/using these games (as well as the site) can help those who learn through interaction. In Grade 7 the way my teacher taught math wasn’t that great. She gave us worksheets and different learning styles, but they were not usually interactive, unlike my Grade 6 teacher. So, because I was a more interactive learner I didn’t do all that well in class. Through this experience, I believe that teachers should try to implement all types of learning (even in math) to make their learning fun and easy to apprehend. In conclusion, you can have lots of fun and practice math at the same time using these games.
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