18/09/09

Innovative math program boosts scores at O.C. schools

Computer games and interactive visuals developed by a Santa Ana nonprofit are used at 64 elementary sites.

In the airy computer lab at Romero-Cruz Elementary School in Santa Ana, 11-year-old Davis Nguyen quickly completed math problems. Each correct answer let an animated penguin named JiJi take steps across a bridge. The computer game looked simple, but backers say it is part of an innovative and powerful new way to teach math, and standardized test results released Tuesday appear to back up their claims.
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The MIND institute used neuroscience research to create a way to teach math based on spatial-temporal reasoning.

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