What is prescriptive instruction? Our little household uses this technique all the time. Here’s an example. Paul, ten, asks to differentiate mean, median, or mode. He confuses radius and diameter or quotient and product, Paul might miss a math problem. These situations call for more instruction. When your child confuses a math concept or adjectives and adverbs, stop and assess. First, have your child write down terms, definitions, and examples. Locate practice sets or sentences to diagram. You are acting as the education doctor and prescribing more work to address and correct a problem. This approach is key to math success. Anytime there is confusion, stop, clarify, do a bit of practice before you move on.
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