Educational Applications that can be used to Address Automaticity/Math Fact Fluency

As mentioned earlier, student success in math relies heavily on their knowledge of number sense and basic facts. As math curriculum becomes more challenging, having automaticity (quick recall) of basic facts will assist the students in understanding and completing more difficult mathematical concepts. There are many education applications that can be used to assist students in developing automaticity. These were some of the applications mentioned in the text, “Assistive Technology in the Classroom: Enhancing the School Experiences of Students with Disabilities”:

FASTT Math: an intervention program that assesses the student then creates customized activities based on assessment results. Meets the common core state standards!!

Timez Attack: teaches the multiplication tables 2 through 12 in a video game environment. Watch the video!

ArithmAttack: Student practice can be targeted to meet their needs while practicing basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.

Arcademic Skill Builder: games designed to help students develop automaticity in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, integers, fractions, and ratios.

These are all great options to use with students of any ability to engage them and improve their math fact fluency and automaticity. I know my students love to go onto First in Math, which is provided by my school district to earn points for our class and school while practicing their facts!

REFERENCE

Dell, A. G., Newton, D. A., & Petroff, J. G. (2012). Assistive technology in the classroom: Enhancing the school experiences of students with disabilities. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.