If you want to say "study" less, try thinking about math practice

I would like to avoid the "go study" back-and-forth if possible.If I say it, they manage to start that day. But then I end up ...
Washington Post

Is using a fidget spinner for timed math problems helpful or harmful? People are really talking about this.

As fidget spinners have become ubiquitous at schools this year, many places have banned them while others have decided to try to use them for educational purposes. Exactly how? One example is giving ...
The Journal

Hooda Math Updates Timed Tests for Any Device

Hooda Math has updated its free timed math tests to work on any Internet-connected device. Covering addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the tests can be set by students or teachers to ...
Aft.org

Interleaving in Math

When the Common Core State Standards were introduced in Illinois in 2010, teachers became very adept at planning hyper-focused units that “dove deeply” into the content and worked to develop students’ ...
Phys.org

Science explains how children best learn math—and yes, timed practice helps

What's the best way for children to learn arithmetic—memorizing number values and multiplication tables, or studying math at a deeper, conceptual level? Educators have long debated the merits of these ...
KQED

Do Math Drills Help Children Learn?

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...
The Hechinger Report

PROOF POINTS: Do math drills help children learn?

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...