![]() ![]() Often, they’re high achieving students who have the kind of creative minds that would otherwise excel at it. And she is currently working on a study with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in which she is finding that the lowest performing students in the world are the ones who think math is about memorization.Īlso, Boaler argues that memorization of boring math facts, such as times tables, turns students off from math. Too much emphasis on rote memorization, she says, inhibits students’ abilities to think about numbers creatively, to build them up and break them down. She cites her own 2009 study, which found that low achieving students tended to memorize methods and were unable to interact with numbers flexibly. She explains that the key to success in math is having something called “number sense,” and number sense is developed through “rich” mathematical problems. ![]() ![]() 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 tools - flash cards, math sprints and repetitive worksheets - are not only unhelpful, but also “damaging.” And she singles out the new Common Core math curriculum in New York state, saying it misinterprets numerical “fluency” to mean rote memorization and speed.īoaler’s argument has several parts. ![]()
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