UD summer solution: Keep kids' math skills up-to-date with mail order math
Parents nationwide can help keep their 4th through 8th graders up to date on their math skills this summer--thanks to the University of Delaware's mail order math program, Solve It.
Beginning in June, UD will mail intriguing mathematical riddles to the homes of participating children throughout the United States. Responses are returned to UD, graded and sent back to participants with comments. Anyone who meets the age requirements may enroll.
Solve It problems are witty, fun and designed for whole families to enjoy. One question, for example, asks students to find a product in their house and investigate the truth of its' advertising claims. For example, the problem asks, how could the mythical Chip-Away Cookie Co. know for sure that its product has more chips per cookie than any other brand?
Past problems have asked students to calculate how much water it would take to swamp their bedrooms or how to split the profits from the sale of Beanie Babies.
Research has long shown that children tend to lose some of their math ability over summer vacation months, William B. Moody, UD professor of education and developer of the Solve It program, said. Solve It is one way to combat that decline by keeping students active in math.
Cost of the program is $50 or $60 depending on the level of problems chosen. For more information, call the Solve it office at UD at (302) 831-0790 or visit the Solve It web site at http://www.udel.edu/educ/solveit/.
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For press release information, contact: Beth Thomas
[email protected] (302) 831-8749
April 8, 1999
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