Math and physics teacher uses rap to help students learn

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Drorit Weiss teaches Grade 12 math and physics at The Hill Academy in Vaughan, Ont. Her teaching methods are a little bit different from most. Instead of delivering her math lessons the ordinary way, Weiss raps to her students, a technique that former student Kristin Della Rovere says is effective in getting the point across.

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Weiss says that making things more accessible and fun takes the intimidation out of math, making it an effective tool.

“At The Hill Academy, all the students are athletes so they’re on the road a lot,” said Weiss. “I use something called a ‘flipped classroom.’ I have a separate YouTube channel where I screencast my lessons, and they’re able to watch it and go through lessons that are more intense. That’s kind of how I got the idea to do the rap because I’ve been doing the flipped classrooms.”

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