MIND Research Institute, an award-winning neuroscience and education organization, has added an Assignments feature to its flagship ST Math solution, allowing teachers to differentiate instruction while keeping an entire class learning the same core concepts.
“Together, students and teachers are an amazing team,” said Brett Woudenberg, MIND Research Institute’s CEO. “When we empower-
them each to set their own meaningful goals, then guide and support those goals, each student’s learning path becomes truly personalized and optimized. We’re excited to see how teachers and students will use Assignments to make math instruction more effective and more fun – whether distance learning from home, in the classroom, or in a hybrid model.”
“ST Math helps me see how my students are progressing,” said Billie Jo Lamoureaux, a K-5 math teacher at Morningside Community School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. “Based on class results, I can address gaps in learning by using the Assignments feature. I can place all students on the same content simultaneously or use the functionality to personalize instruction for each student.”
While MIND encourages ST Math users to keep students on their grade-level content, the new Assignments feature makes it possible to assign Objectives from earlier grades to augment and fortify conceptual understandings of mathematical concepts, or from later grades to challenge students moving at a faster pace. For students who are most impacted by the “COVID Slide,” assigning particular content from the prior grade can help deepen conceptual understanding of earlier concepts. The ST Math team has put together a suggested list of Objectives for teachers to assign at their discretion.
To further assist with differentiation and improve student engagement, the latest version of ST Math has also shifted the focus of student goals to minutes spent and puzzles completed. Whether students are working on concepts from previous grades to reinforce their understanding or rocketing ahead, they can set meaningful goals that reflect their own individual successes and progress.
In related news, the ST Math Theory of Change was evaluated as part of a recent national-scale mega-study, conducted by MIND, exploring 156 school cohorts across 37 states for school years 13/14 through 18/19. The mega-study showed that across all those cohorts and states, when compared to matched controls, grades averaging 60% to 100% of ST Math content generated more growth in percent of students meeting standards – double the effect size – compared to those averaging 40% to 60% coverage. This study joins well over 100 efficacy studies on ST Math – from MIND’s annual transparent evaluations of results of all ST Math school cohorts to independent, third-party validations that meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) quasi-experiment and ESSA Tier 2 requirements.
For more information, visit stmath.com.
About MIND Research Institute
MIND Research Institute is a neuroscience and education social impact organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems. MIND is the creator of ST Math®, a PreK-8 visual instructional program that builds a deep conceptual understanding of math through rigorous learning and creative problem-solving. MIND has also developed programs under MathMINDs to provide students, teachers, and families dynamic ways to actively engage with math, and to close the experience gap for all learners. MathMINDs includes Family Nights, the national K-12 Game-a-thon, and MathMINDs Games.
ST Math is a visual instructional program created by MIND that builds deep conceptual understanding of math through a patented approach that engages, motivates, and challenges PreK-8 students toward higher achievement. ST Math currently reaches more than 1.3 million students and 74,000 teachers at 5,580 schools in all 50 states. For more information, visit mindresearch.org and stmath.com.
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FAQs
While MIND encourages ST Math users to keep students on their grade-level content, the new Assignments feature makes it possible to assign Objectives from earlier grades to augment and fortify conceptual understandings of mathematical concepts, or from later grades to challenge students moving at a faster pace.
What happens when you reach 100% on st math? ›
What happens when a student gets to 100%? They keep going! When a student completes all the puzzles in a grade level, they are started back at the beginning of their current grade level Journey so they always have something to play.
What are the pros and cons of St math? ›
While ST Math is highly effective in visual and interactive learning, some users feel that there could be more direct instruction or guidance for students who may struggle with interpreting the visual puzzles.
What are the benefits of St math? ›
ST Math helps redefine how students see themselves in relation to their ability to do math. While building academic success, at the same time, ST Math also increases students' confidence, understanding, and motivation.
How long should students be on ST math? ›
ST Math is a flexible instructional tool that can fit easily into many different curriculum implementations. In a computer lab, during designated classroom time, station-rotation, or at home - as long as students are using ST Math for 60-90 minutes per week, you will see gains in their math achievement.
What is the highest percent you can get on ST math? ›
Because the fixed number of puzzles can be less than the number of puzzles a student completes in their journey, It is possible for students to have a percentage over 100%. If a 6th-grade student completes all 3080 puzzles in their journey, the student would show 140% progress.
Is it possible to finish ST math? ›
An early finisher is a student who completes the ST Math Journey before the end of the school year. Rather than moving an early finisher to the next grade level, teachers have several options in ST Math to help students go deeper with their understanding of the current grade level content.
What company owns St math? ›
Spatial-Temporal Math (ST Math) is game-based, instructional software for K–12 students created by the MIND Research Institute (MIND).
How hard is ST math? ›
In ST Math, the game puzzles start off simple and then get more challenging as the student progresses. It's normal for your child to feel some frustration when the puzzles get harder—we call that productive struggle, or learning through failure. When they reach a challenging problem, they may ask for your help.
What happens when you complete st math? ›
Upon completion of the Journey, your students will automatically be placed into the Bonus Journey - an opportunity for students to play even more fun ST Math games.
“Popular” may be an understatement: ST Math, a product of nonprofit MIND Research Institute, has been around for 20 years, and as of this May, 800,000 students, 31,000 teachers and 2,500 schools in 40 states have used the tool.
Can you skip levels on St math? ›
Although ST Math levels are organized by grade, you have the freedom to choose the right level for your child's learning needs and change grade levels at any time.
How long has ST math been out? ›
ST Math is a product of the nonprofit MIND Research Institute that's been working in neuroscience and education research for over 20 years. ST Math is a PreK-8 visual instructional program that leverages the brain's innate spatial-temporal* reasoning ability to solve mathematical problems.
What happens when you get 100% on St math? ›
ST Math is mastery based, which means students must pass each level with a score of 100% (all puzzles correctly solved) before the next level in a sequence becomes available to them. Each student has their own personalized journey and takes as long as they need to achieve mastery.
What is the goal of St math? ›
ST Math's unique, patented approach provides students with equitable access to learning through challenging puzzles, non-routine problem solving, and formative feedback. ST Math is more than a supplemental math program. Students build deep conceptual understanding, and schools see proven, repeatable results.
Is ST math adaptive? ›
ST Math uses visual, spatial-temporal models and immediate, informative feedback to engage students in the perception-action cycle. Through the feedback, students not only learn what was wrong, but they learn how to adapt their strategy, ideas, and understanding to build new learning.
What happens when you get 100 percent on reflex math? ›
When a student achieves 100% fluency in an assignment in Reflex, the student is ready to move to a new assignment. In the Manage Students tab under the Assignment heading, you can find the current assignment for the student.
What happens when you complete ST math? ›
Upon completion of the Journey, your students will automatically be placed into the Bonus Journey - an opportunity for students to play even more fun ST Math games.
What level does ST math go up to? ›
An ST Math Homeschool subscription gives you access to all ST Math grade levels PreK-8.
Can you go over 100% in math? ›
Percentages are based out of a hundred, but can mathematically exceed 100% in certain contexts. Learn how to calculate percentages that are higher than 100 through two examples of practical applications.
