May 30, 2023 · A 2021 guide for teachers on how to assist elementary school students who struggle with math recommends regular timed activities – not necessarily tests – to help …

May 30, 2023 · These 27 studies suggest that timed activities – not in isolation, but in conjunction with larger interventions – help children learn math. In one 2013 study, struggling first graders …

May 30, 2023 · The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics urges teachers to “avoid” timed tests. But advocates insist that these tests of one to five minutes in duration help children …

Activities focused on spatial reasoning skills like mental rotation and visualization help create a foundation for future math and science learning, but are often neglected in classrooms.

Research has shown that math facts speed drills don’t benefit students. They actually cause more harm than good. Let’s go over why you should stop timed math fact drills and what to do …

May 30, 2023 · Kids within the pace group answered extra math information accurately every day, the researchers discovered. The sheer quantity of right responses helped the youngsters …

In math, it can include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. At Spirit of Math Schools, students also do decimal equivalence drills (from ½ to 11/12), fraction addition drills, perfect …

Aug 18, 2018 · Instead, routine practice and drilling—especially when coupled with corrective feedback and ambitious but attainable goal-setting —should help students learn better.

Aug 5, 2024 · A new wave of research over the past decade has looked at how much parents talk about numbers and shapes with their children, and whether these spontaneous and natural …

Oct 30, 2023 · Should kids draw their own color-coded tables and study them, or copy their multiplication facts out dozens of times? Should they play multiplication songs and videos? …