Facts, Math Facts.

About this episode

This episode synthesizes four studies related to math facts and their impact on fluency and achievement.

A synthesis of four studies regarding math facts: Math Fluency Is Etiologically Distinct From Untimed Math Performance, Decoding Fluency, and Untimed Reading Performance: Evidence From a Twin Study; The Co-Development of Skill at and Preference for Use of Retrieval-Based Processes for Solving Addition Problems: Individual and Sex Differences from First to Sixth Grade; Cognitive Predictors of Achievement Growth in Mathematics: A Five Year Longitudinal Study; Competence with Fractions Predicts Gains in Mathematics Achievement

Topics covered

• math facts
• math fluency
• cognitive predictors
• achievement growth

Keywords

• math
• education
• cognitive development
• fractions

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