Teacher Tech blog with Alice Keeler

Paperless Is Not a Pedagogy

Alice Keeler

Math Facts Without Worksheets

Math Facts Without Worksheets
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Math facts for many students, including myself when I was in elementary school, is anxiety producing. A worksheet filled with 30+ problems is hardly engaging either. A focus on number sense and viewing math as patterns helps students to get into math rather than fear it.

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“Sometimes we focus on memorizing math facts instead of understanding math facts” – Geoff Dean

“Math is about pattern finding” – @youcubed out of Stanford

Check out this research article from Stanford concerning math facts and alternative ways to have students be fluent without timed math tests:

“When we define mathematics as the study of patterns, it’s great to reinforce this in everything we do, and these puzzles are constant reminders of this definition.” – Fawn Nguyen

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“All of these things are hidden from kids and they just think if I just memorize them I will be good to go” – Annie Fetter

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