Category: Critical Thinking

A road leads to a snow-capped mountain in the distance and "Mathcounts" is written on the road.

May 22, 2021Critical Thinking, Gifted And Talented, Logical Reasoning, Math Competition, Math Enrichment, STEM Educationby IMACS Staff

Mathcounts: The Most Exciting Math Competition for U.S. Middle Schoolers

Expand the limits of your math skills with Mathcounts! Whether you count down the days until your next math class or count down the minutes until it ends, Mathcounts is the challenge for you. Mathcounts offers the opportunity to pursue math competitively, which is exhilarating for both those who want to push themselves to the limits of their abilities and those …

Book cover of the mathematical textbook, "About Mathematics" by Gerry Rising. Book cover has book title and several images that represent mathematics like a chalkboard with equations.

May 1, 2021Critical Thinkingby IMACS Staff

Discover how “About Mathematics” is Flipping the Traditional Math Textbook on its Head

A College Mathematics Text For Everyone About Mathematics, by State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus Gerry Rising, together with three colleagues, is a new textbook that serves in particular students who have an aversion to math. The text aims to give students who wouldn’t otherwise seek out the subject the background they need to build life skills …

$A pig tells a math riddle: what did the 0 say to the 8? Nice belt!$

March 31, 2021Critical Thinking, Games, Math Enrichment, Parentingby IMACS Staff

Discover how spending time on math riddles can help your child feel smarter and happier.

Why did the math riddle cross the road? Like Mac and Cheese or an ice cream cone on a hot summer’s day, silly riddles are an essential comfort of a joyful childhood. No matter how corny a riddle is, it is pure magic to hear a child shriek with laughter at the goofy wordplay and puns of a classic riddle. …

Retro style image with cats and stylized words that say, "The best way to get good at logic puzzles is to do them."

March 7, 2021Critical Thinking, Games, Logical Reasoning, Parentingby IMACS Staff

What you’re missing: grow your child’s math skills with logic puzzles for kids.

Keep math exciting, and your kids will keep doing math. Hello, logic puzzles! Logic puzzles for kids are a great way to pique your child’s interest in mathematics since logic and math go hand-in-hand. Any time kids are engrossed in tricky brain teasers, they’re building the skills they’ll eventually use to ace the SAT, lead a First Robotics Competition team …

$Text on image: "The only way to learn math is to do math." The AMC-8 is such a great way for kids to get excited about problem solving.$

February 23, 2021Critical Thinking, Gifted And Talented, Math Competition, Math Enrichmentby IMACS Staff

2021 AMC Math Competition Guide. Love Math? Score Better!

Everything you need to know to ace every level of the AMC competition. The American Mathematics Competition, better known as the AMC, is the first step to becoming America’s best mathlete and going all the way to the Math Olympiad. But the AMC is so much more than just the pathway to winning the title of America’s greatest high school …

August 18, 2020Critical Thinking, Math Enrichment, Online Classesby IMACS Staff

Virtual Math Classes as Effective as In-Person?

Virtual classes can be problematic for talented children. Teachers design classes so that every student — regardless of their skill level — can learn the material. When delivered in-person, teachers can adapt in ways that prevent more advanced students from becoming too bored. In a virtual classroom, that’s almost impossible. And that’s a big issue for parents of talented students …

IMACS alumna Naomi Spargo in her freshman year at CMU

January 21, 2020Computer Programming, Critical Thinking, Logical Reasoningby Naomi Spargo

Logic Propels CMU Freshman to Research Opportunity

IMACS alumna Naomi Spargo sent the following email at the end of her first semester at Carnegie Mellon University. She details the ways in which her IMACS background in mathematical logic, proof-writing, and functional programming propelled her to research and teaching assistant opportunities in only her freshman year at computer science powerhouse CMU. Dear IMACS, I’m delighted to inform …

January 6, 2020Critical Thinking, Online Courses, STEM Educationby Andrei Chekmasov

EMF is More Than just a High Level Math Course

Andrei Chekmasov completed the EMF Math program during grades 6-8 through his public school district. As a 10th grader, he wrote the following guest blog post in which he describes the unique opportunities made available to him because he is an EMF graduate. Many would consider me lucky. I was born in a family that values mathematics highly, tutoring me …

October 23, 2019Computer Programming, Critical Thinking, Math Enrichmentby IMACS Staff

Crazy Stories You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

Every school, tutoring center, and enrichment program has nice stories of former students. But only IMACS has crazy stories like these! Erik’s Crazy Story Erik was an IMACS Math Enrichment student years ago. Now he’s a sophomore in college and his mom wrote to tell us that he “just got a 100% on a Number Theory exam and he said …

Don't assume that she's not a math person

October 1, 2019Critical Thinking, Math Enrichment, STEM Educationby IMACS Staff

Some Kids’ Stories Start Rough, but Have Happy Endings

At IMACS, we’ve seen a lot. Girls whose parents have decided they were bad at math … at age 8. Children who couldn’t handle getting anything wrong … ever. Students who were great at memorizing, but got crushed the first time they had to actually think. Yes, we’ve seen all that and more. The good news is that we have …

Critical Thinking

Mathcounts: The Most Exciting Math Competition for U.S. Middle Schoolers

Discover how “About Mathematics” is Flipping the Traditional Math Textbook on its Head

Discover how spending time on math riddles can help your child feel smarter and happier.

What you’re missing: grow your child’s math skills with logic puzzles for kids.

2021 AMC Math Competition Guide. Love Math? Score Better!

Virtual Math Classes as Effective as In-Person?

Logic Propels CMU Freshman to Research Opportunity

EMF is More Than just a High Level Math Course

Crazy Stories You Won’t Hear Anywhere Else

Some Kids’ Stories Start Rough, but Have Happy Endings

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