Number Sense
The place that makes math make sense
What is Mathnasium?
The typical length in minutes of a student's session.
What is 60?
When answering these questions on a Mastery Check, student's get an extra star/stamp for getting them correct.
What are challenge questions?
Names of the owners of our Mathnasium centers.
Who are Laura and Jonathan Hamel?
Manipulative often used while use when teaching Numerical Fluency - Add/Sub Facts.
What is a number line?
The ability to do math in one's head, without writing.
What is mental math?
The sheet that we check everyday before and after instruction to keep the center well maintained.
What is the Daily Task List?
Name for the type of Mathnasium curriculum students work on that is based on their assessment.
What are prescriptives (PKs)?
The founder of Mathnasium.
Who is Larry Martinek?
Strategy we teach students when solving 5+6 or 6+7.
What is Doubles ± 1?
The ability to effortlessly recall basic number facts.
What is Numerical Fluency?
The doument where we sign students in/out and keep track of their sessions.
What is the Daily Workout Plan (DWOP)?
The written and oral evaluation of strengths and weaknesses on a variety of math concepts.
What is an Assessment?
The number of centers currently open by our team.
What is 6?
Strategy we teach students when solving 8+5 or 4+7.
What is up to and over 10?
The last page of a PK where we check for understanding and retention of a concept.
What is a Mastery Check?
The place stocked full of goodies that the students can earn with their cards.
What is the Reward Cabinet?
The roadmap of Mathnasium curriculum that specifies the skills a student will be working on with us.
What is the Learning Plan?
The first center opened by our team.
What is Mathnasium of Coral Gables?
Technique we teach to find the GCF or LCM.
What is the cake method?
The process of using other numbers to help figure out the answer to another problem.
What are launching points?
The place where we put a Mastery Check or an Assessment after a student completes it.
What is the Mastery Check Basket?
Strategy needed to add 3 apples and 5 bananas.
What is the Law of Sameness?
The year Mathnasium was founded.
What is 2002?
The process in which the instructor asks the student pointed questions aimed at having the student "dig deeper" to respond.
What is Socratic Questioning?