Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

Math Learning Specialist since 1980 Author of: Dyslexia Cured: One Child's Story Math Class Redesigned Logic Mysteries and Puzzles for brilliant young minds janemolnar.com Berkeley, CA Joined May 2018

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

6 months ago

Two questions for people who used to find math confusing & overwhelming (no matter how hard you tried) and then broke through this and began to understand math deeply: what turned this around for you? And at what level of math did this happen?

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

8 months ago

Is there any data on what % of children reach full automaticity with math facts, defined as 40-60 correct answers (not digits) per minute? #mathfacts #automaticity #processingspeed

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

9 months ago

Perfect gift for a logic-loving person: amazon.com/dp/1732737428

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Chris Palmer, MD @ChrisPalmerMD

11 months ago

The rates of neurodevelopmental disorders are rising exponentially. The cause isn't a change in our genetics. We must prioritize understanding and protecting the brain health of our children.

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

12 months ago

Why do most children no longer hold a pencil in a tripod grip? Why did this once-popular way of holding a pencil go out of style, even though many of the alternate grips typically result in difficulty forming legible letters and math symbols with ease? Really curious about this!

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

a year ago

The challenge of teaching math is to guide each child deep deep into the perfect balance of beauty, precision, pleasure, stretching, mastery, certainty, wonder, agility, joy.

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Benjamin Bikman @BenBikmanPhD

a year ago

@nicknorwitz The lower insulin gets, the more impossible it becomes for the body to store energy. Love this.

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

I would love to see a study looking at the role of ultra processed food in student learning and mental health. Does anyone know of any research in this area? #wholefoods

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

I find this video quite striking in many ways, and also so nostalgic. I was taught using this exact method at age 5 in Grade 1 at Miss Edgar's School in 1965, about 2 mins away from the school in the video. #matheducation #numbersense youtu.be/ae0McT5WYa8?si…

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

A page from my new book Logic Mysteries and Puzzles for brilliant young minds. amazon.com/dp/1732737428

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

These logic problems in my new book are the best way I have found to engage an entire class, even if the spread of math levels is enormous. @NielsHoven, @RexRidgeway, @mayak46, @SarahDRasmussen, @NumCog, @sharemath amazon.com/dp/1732737428

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

My new book of challenging logic problems for kids is available: amazon.com/dp/1732737428

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

If someone were to give me the unlikely assignment of taking a class of thirty children and trying to frustrate and annoy them, ruin their experience of math, and slow down their learning tremendously, I would know exactly how to go about it... janemolnar.com/explain-your-a…

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

This assignment demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how children learn to process math symbols. It is like telling a child to stop every few notes while learning a new piano piece and say the name of the next note instead of playing it. Back and forth, randomly.

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

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Jane Molnar @JaneMolnarMath

2 years ago

Can anyone suggest an excellent Pre-Algebra workbook that has worked examples followed by practice, has spaced review built-in, & has a clean and uncluttered layout so kids want to dive in? (And the same for Integrated Math?)