Information about Fluency

Procedural Fluency in Mathematics (NCTM Position Paper) http://www.nctm.org/Standards-and-Positions/Position-Statements/Procedural-Fluency-in-Mathematics/

Developing Number Sense: What, Where, and How? (McClure, 2014) http://nrich.maths.org/10624

Fluency without Fear (Boaler, 2015, YouCubed) https://www.youcubed.org/fluency-without-fear/

Fluency: Simply Fast and Accurate? I think not! (Gojak, 2012) http://www.nctm.org/News-and-Calendar/Messages-from-the-President/Archive/Linda-M_-Gojak/Fluency_-Simply-Fast-and-Accurate_-I-Think-Not!/

Assessing Basic Fact Fluency (Kling & Bay-Williams, 2014) http://www.uen.org/utahstandardsacademy/math/downloads/level-2/3-4-4-assessingbasicfactfluency.pdf

Why children have difficulties mastering the basic number combinations and how to help them (Baroody, 2006) http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/cms/lib08/GA01000549/Centricity/Domain/4011/Why%20Children%20Have%20Trouble%20with%20Basic%20Facts.pdf

Example of a student’s thinking: 7+8 using “doubles plus one”

@j_rodricks1 Check out my little mathematician explaining his thinking. (He set up his 10 frames this way) #doublesplusone #ELL #mjejags pic.twitter.com/qRkgy1jBdc

— Stephanie Samora (@stephsamora) February 17, 2017

Examples of Fluency Activities

Strike it Out: http://nrich.maths.org/6589

Shut the Box: http://www.boardgamecentral.com/rules/shut-the-box-rules.html

How Close to 100?: https://www.youcubed.org/task/how-to-close-100/

Examples of Fluency Apps

Math Slide Multiplication and Division: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-slide-multiplication-division/id588829554?mt=8

Math Slide Addition and Subtraction: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/math-slide-addition-subtraction/id588603890?mt=8