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Johnsen Education is dedicated to maximizing student potential in mathematics. We offer educational services for parents, educators and students. Based on 17 years of using different strategies to teach high school mathematics to diverse populations of students, we designed an instructional mathematics book to teach topics initially by using explicit instruction, then by developing each topic through applications and easy to understand proofs. Similarities and differences between concepts are easily identifiable and numerous nonlinguistic representations are presented and used to summarize topics. The book also incorporates generating and testing hypothesis. Not surprisingly, our methods are exactly what current, national research-validated studies show are the most effective teaching strategies for students who are English Language Learners (ELL), Special Education, or have a history of being unsuccessful in math classes. Those students unable to complete a typical mathematics progression sequence also benefit from the same teaching methods. Increasingly, schools are turning to computerized instruction to teach mathematics. Unfortunately, when a student gets an incorrect answer, the computer cannot tell the student what they did wrong, only that the student got the wrong answer. Students must then repeat the material, sometimes, over and over again. Many students become frustrated because they understood the concept, but don't know why they are getting incorrect answers. Based in Saint Cloud, MN, Johnsen Education started to provide parents,
students and educators a supplemental resource to use to assist in
bringing students back to the appropriate level of mathematics for their
age. Current national, research-validated instructional strategies
were used in developing an instructional workbook designed to introduce
students to advanced mathematical concepts while reinforcing these same
concepts for advanced students. Eileen Johnsen
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