Will you be able to handle high school algebra if you’re already struggling with middle school math and fractions?  Probably not.  A new program aims to help students by using real life examples in place of worksheets.

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The program is called “4 Real Math.”  It uses activities to teach such concepts as fractions and equations. For example, in teaching equations about distance, students actually run a timed 40-yard dash.  Other activities include shooting baskets, eating pizza, and bowling.

“With the story and basketball, it’s easier for me.  Instead of doing worksheets, we’re outside playing games,” commented Anissa, a 7th-grader at Gilmore Middle School in Wisconsin.

Do you think it would be easier to learn by doing something physical rather than reading from a book?  Sort of like “on-the-job training” that you’ll experience in the workforce when you get older. Or is a combination of book-learning and real-life exercises the best way to learn and remember what you did?

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