Math fact fluency is a timely issue, as evidenced by the most recent international test scores and the nation’s report card showing that U.S. students are behind in math. Declining math test ...

Math fact fluency is important ... having them work with flash cards or online fluency games, “just letting them get comfortable with practicing, either alone or with each other,” she said.

In a new working paper, “Fluency Without Fear: Research Evidence on the Best Ways to Learn Math Facts,” updated and published online on January 28, 2015, Boaler argues that many common math teaching ...

The researchers—all experts on children's math learning—describe findings on how arithmetic fluency develops, why it matters, and how educators can help students achieve it. "We want to be ...