FAQ
Q: Why take a number line approach?
A: Problem:
Educators, Administrators, Parents, and Students need to improve Student Math Achievement, Test Scores, and Grades.
Scientific Finding:
Psychological Science, the leading psychology journal, reports in July 2010 that students with a well-developed mental number line do best in all three of these areas.
Solution:
JumpingJoey’s NumberLine instills this critical mathematical foundation by taking a multi-sensory number line approach to all four operations of arithmetic for grades Pre-K through Elementary.
Q: Why take a Multi-sensory approach?
A: By stimulating senses of sight, hearing, touch, and movement, students have many avenues to fully grasp mathematical concepts. This technique builds confidence, instills a love of learning, fosters long-term understandings, and deepens mental math abilities.
Q: How do the products work together? Do children need prior experience?
A: All of the products complement each other. Students can jump right into the products with no prior experience or move from one product to the next with ease. There are multiple components for a range of age levels and a comprehensive collection of learning products for teacher flexibility.
Products can be used free standing or integrated seamlessly into existing mathematics curricula.
Q: What kind of learning does it promote?
A: Jumping Joey’s Number Line instills a mastery approach, promotes curiosity, and nurtures interest in taking risks to learn. Students of all ages and abilities are motivated, engaged, and successful at learning.
Q: What skills and strategies do students develop?
A: Jumping Joey’s Number Line develops mathematical foundations of number sense, computational fluency, and problem solving skills and can be used to take on math challenges. It deepens mental math abilities and effectively teaches numerical and word problems.
Q: Where should Jumping Joey’s Number Line be used?
A: Jumping Joey’s Number Line works well in whole class, small group, and independent learning environments at school and at home because the tools are approachable, appealing, bolster learning, and increase math proficiency.
Q: Why Jumping Joey?
A: Jumping Joey is a motivating character that helps break down barriers for a variety of learners and makes math fun. Children find the character appealing. Read Testimonials >
Q: Where can educators go to purchase Jumping Joey’s Number Line?
A: Click Here to Contact Us. Someone will get back to you shortly about a school order.
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Latest Post from the Number Line Blog:
Jumping Joey’s Number Line Supports the Common Core Standards Shifts
January 16, 2012
Recently, there have been 6 shifts in New York State towards the Common Core Standards for Math. Jumping Joey’s Number Line agrees with these Common Core Standards shifts. As Educators, we feel that the Common Core Standards will lead to increased academic achievement. Read More >



