When Math Stops Being a Struggle On Cloud Nine® Visualizing & Verbalizing® for Math

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Karen Meigs discusses how Lindamood-Bell's On Cloud Nine® Math helps students overcome difficulties in math through visualization and conceptual understanding.

Presented by Karen Meigs, Co-Director of Learning Centers, Lindamood-Bell Developing conceptual math understanding is key to lasting success. Difficulties in math often stem from gaps in how students visualize and make sense of numbers, not from a lack of effort. Lindamood-Bell addresses these challenges through On Cloud Nine® Math, an instructional approach designed to help students understand how math works. Available live-online or in person, On Cloud Nine Math provides explicit, systematic instruction that builds: • understanding of numerical relationships • mathematical language • problem-solving processes. Grounded in cognitive science and informed by decades of research, this instruction goes beyond traditional tutoring by focusing on how students think, not just what they practice. Lindamood-Bell's instruction is supported by: – research and internal outcomes data – demonstrated pre- and post-assessment gains on math measures – longstanding expertise in instructional program development As students develop conceptual understanding, they gain measurable academic progress and renewed confidence in their ability to learn and apply math. At Lindamood-Bell, we develop the…

People in this episode

Guest: Karen Meigs

Topics covered

• math education
• conceptual understanding
• visualization in math
• instructional approaches
• cognitive science
• problem-solving

Keywords

• math understanding
• visualizing numbers
• systematic instruction
• numerical relationships
• mathematical language
• academic progress
• cognitive science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lindamood-Bell, Lindamood-Bell Radio

Products: On Cloud Nine® Math

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