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Math Mojo - Making Math Meaningful

Math Mojo - Making Math Meaningful

A unique way to perform certain math applications. Uses an interactive approach to teach new ways of learning Math.

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Ernestine Balisi
Ernestine Balisi (Student)
16 years ago
1) I spent about 15 minutes browsing this site and realized that all it is doing is talking up the "Numbers Juggling" package in which students are able to learn various mathematic concepts, including multiplication, without the use of times tables through online videos, email and eBooks. (All for only $19.95!) 2) I felt that the quality of the content was good for trying to sell the product they are selling. It made very convincing arguments as to how multiplication is a skill that all of us need to know in order to succeed in math. I only went on this site because the name was interesting and I was curious as to how to teach multiplication without having to use a chart. 3) The potential effectiveness for enhancing teaching and learning in this site would work if one actually buys the learning tools they are selling. I'm curious to see if it really works because I would LOVE to know a shortcut for multiplication tables. 4) The ease of this site was pretty straight forward. It's a lot of reading before you realize that once you click the site that tells you that you will learn more about how the multiplication only by buying their product.
Time spent reviewing site: 15 minutes.
Halleh Seddighzadeh
22 years ago
I liked this site,I found that the individual who created the site definitely
communicated at an angle that would catch the students attention. The cute name
"Math Mojo" caught my attention, and I went and browsed around for 15
minutes.The content is rich in depth, the main objective of the Math Mojo site
is to "deepen the knowlege of arithmetic". It uses a creative spin on words and
intersting display of mathematical topics to do just that.There are several
examples and thourough explanations that I found to be very helpful to students
for addition,division,subtraction..etc.Besides having mathematical content the
site empahsizes the importance of being well-rounded in students by also having
non-math topics such as a small section on "understanding the middle east" with
a link to middle east geographical sites. Due to the heavy involvement in the
middle east it is important to build awareness amongst youth and show that
regardless of obligations to "school and life" it is impotant to take time out
of what you're doing to understand the world around you. I found this very
intersting and important. Which reinforces the concept and main objective of
the site "deeping knowlege of mathematics"...this in turn branches out to all
areas of humanities and motivates students to understand and deepen there
knowlege in all areas of intellect and to seek to deepen the surface level of
knowlege. Having a passion for learning is the root to
"understanding"...anything in academia.

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Clear, easy to navigate layout. All links are working. User friendly for first
time users !