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ANTIOCH, Calif. (KRON) – Jordan Orosco, a math teacher at Deer Valley High School in Antioch, wrote a rap about math to help his students learn in a fun, alternative way. Orosco said he is not a ...
ANTIOCH, Calif. -- They call him "That Math Magician," because Deer Valley High School's Mr. Orosco can make students' math struggles disappear. Recently, he's pulled a new skill out of his hat: math ...
Jordan Orosco, a math teacher at Deer Valley High School, joined us on 'The Nine' for Pi Day to talk about what he's doing with his students for the math holiday. Also known as 'That Math Magician,' ...
ANTIOCH, Calif. (KGO) -- The push is on in Antioch to help low-income students get the tutoring they need, and the community is stepping up. "I really like this place, and it makes me happy that I ...
Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.
Jalen McKee-Rodriguez once recorded a parody rap math lesson using Nicki Minaj’s “Yikes” on TikTok, changing the lyrics to teach his students about the Pythagorean Theorem. With a little over two ...
DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Math can be a complicated and confusing subject for some, but one Dallas teacher is using rap to multiply her students' probability of success. Monique Jackson, who teaches ...
We have a story now about a teacher who used to struggle to find ways for his students to like math. But Thomas Mayfield found a way through music. And as NPR's Mia Estrada reports, now Mayfield is ...
A Texas teacher helped struggling math students find success by integrating music into the curriculum. He's now teaching this method to other instructors. We have a story now about a teacher who used ...