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Re:Why Math Might Be the Secret to School Success by maroonblazer on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @05:28PM (#8726288)
I'm interested too.

My 8 year old son hates math. I've tried introducing him to some of the apps like Scratch and its ilk, but he's not interested. The closest I've successfully come is using the blocks in Minecraft to illustrate why/how multiplication is not simply repeated addition.

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Re:Why Math Might Be the Secret to School Success by GregBuchholz on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @05:41PM (#8726351)
Speaking of Minecraft, you might want to check out something like:

http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/2014/05/minecraft-graphics-tur...

...my goal is to eventually get something like that working with FMS Logo.

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Re:Why Math Might Be the Secret to School Success by seanflyon on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @08:49PM (#8727222)
Take a look at DragonBox (http://www.dragonboxapp.com/). It does a great job of presenting algebra as more than just arithmetic and wrote memorization.
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