Math Resources and Extra Help

Math Resources for Students

Math Madness

• St. Patrick’s High School Math teachers collaboratively offer 2 to 3 weekly lunch sessions for any high school students needing support with their homework or test preparation.

• Session times and places are posted in all Math classrooms and around the school.

• Students do not need to sign up; sessions are open to anyone who wants to attend.

Khan Academy

• The Khan Academy is an incredible free resource for learning mathematics as well as other subjects.

• The 5 to 10 minute videos are easy to follow and allow students at any level to differentiate their own pace to reach ahead or get caught up on topics that are incomplete.

• After watching the videos, there are extra practice questions.

• Here is the link: https://www.khanacademy.org/math

Homework Help

• Free extra help for grades 6 through 10, Monday to Friday 9am-9pm and Sunday 3:30pm-9pm

• Ontario Qualified Math teachers are the tutors.

• Here is the link: https://www.tvomathify.com/students

Peer Tutoring

• A peer tutoring program is available for students grades 7 to 11.

• Tutors are screened by math teachers to ensure they have the abilities and knowledge required to effectively offer support to another student.

• Some tutors choose to use these hours toward their 40 hours of community service while others charge $10 per hour as a part-time job.

• To receive tutoring or to be considered as a tutor, students are required to see any Math teacher for application forms.

Resources to assist with Math Anxiety

Websites/Strategies

• Math Tips for Parents

• Inspiring Your Child to Learn and Love Math

• Making Math Children will Love (Monograph)

• 8 Empowering Ways to Beat Math Anxiety

Research Paper

• Mathematics Anxiety: What have we learning in 60 years?

Video

• Why do people get so anxious about math?

Articles

• How to Deal with Kid’s Math Anxiety

  • Link within article: Dealing with Academic Stress

• Why Kids Take on Adult’s Math Anxiety

• Anxiety Attack: Conquering the Fear of Math

• Motivation, Not IQ, Matters Most for Learning New Math Skills

• Parent’s Beliefs about Math Change Their Children’s Achievement

• Stop bashing teachers. It’s up to all of us to improve kid’s math skills

• Stop telling kids you’re bad at math. You are spreading math anxiety like a virus ***

• Parent’s math anxiety can undermine children’s math achievement

• Square Root of Kids’ Math Anxiety: Their Parents’ Help