AIRED: January 10, 2010– 11 am PST
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TITLE: “Accelerated Learning through Rubik’s Cubes”
SPECIAL GUEST: Holly Riehl, Vice President of the You CAN Do The Rubik’s Cube
Read More: You can do the Rubick’s Cube – www.youcandothecube.com
Holly Riehl joins Allen and Melody to discuss “You Can Do The Cube’s” program using the Rubik Cube to foster life lessons such as problem-solving, negotiation, and teamwork. The program provides teachers with fun, hands-on educational activities that are aligned with national and state curriculum frameworks, major math text books, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and support STEM disciplines.
Our guest today, Holly Riehl (Pronounced – real), is the Senior Vice President of the You CAN Do The Rubik’s Cube program, a new U.S. community initiative spearheaded by Seven Towns, the master toy licensor of the Rubik’s Cube® brand.
The You CAN Do The Rubik’s Cube program, back for its second full school year, has students across the country determined to unlock this iconic puzzle’s secret. Designed to foster life lessons such as problem-solving, negotiation, and teamwork, the program provides teachers fun, hands-on educational activities that are aligned with national and state curriculum frameworks, major math text books, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and support STEM disciplines.
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You Can Do The Cube
Since its release in 1980, the Rubik’s Cube has since found its way into over 350 million homes worldwide and has continued to fascinate, bewilder and challenge millions of people. The new … You CAN Do The Rubik’s Cube initiative … is a U.S. campaign aimed at teaching youth how to solve the Rubik’s companioned with math lessons have been designed to use the Rubik’s Cube to help teachers engage students with an interactive and tangible way to learn the many math disciplines.
In a recent survey of 251 teachers currently using the You CAN Do The Rubik’s Cube program in the classroom, an overwhelming majority (99 percent) relayed they are highly satisfied with the program and are planning to repeat the program again this academic year. Teacher feedback has indicated that the program is “a gold mine of thinking strategies” for students, fostering better attention in the classroom and a greater interest in schoolwork.
