Math Games

Mathematics is one of the major subjects in school that most students rarely like. These students often fear Math because they think it is hard. Some people belonging to an older generation probably inculcated this fear of Math (or fear of numbers or anything that has to do with numbers) in them, whether consciously or unconsciously.

As future educators and Math teachers, this will be a challenge. How can we make students start to like Math and be interested in it? How can we help them appreciate Math lessons and not be too overwhelmed with it?



Well, there are now many cool Math Games and activities that we, as future educators, could incorporate in some of our class lessons. A lecture type class will be very boring for students because our students have different learning styles. Incorporating activities such as these would surely help students overcome their fear of Math and make them feel that Math is not as hard as they thought it was.

Here are some sites we have found that has a lot of cool math games and activities:

1. http://www.coolmath-games.com/

2. http://www.funbrain.com/

3. http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

4. http://www.math.com/students/puzzles/puzzleapps.html

5. http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm


As future educators, what other ways could you think of that could help students appreciate a certain subject that they initially think is very hard like Math, other physical Sciences or even Social Sciences?


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