ST Math
How do we teach?
How do we learn?
What if mathematics could be taught the way the brain learns?
Puzzles & Games
PreK - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
Below is a small sample of 115 puzzles taken from 12 ST Math games. There are approximately 30,000 puzzles in the ST Math (PK-8) supplemental curriculum.
Third Party Validation
A 2018 WestEd study found schools that consistently used ST Math outgrew similar schools in statewide rank by 14 percentile points.†
The neuroscience of deeper learning
“Half of the human brain is devoted directly or indirectly to vision”
Professor Mriganka Sur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
Majority of students chose "C" or "D"
\frac{187}{104}
=
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
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≈ 2
Deep conceptual understanding
Deep conceptual understanding
Deep conceptual understanding
Percent of students meeting or exceeding standards in grades 3-5, 2014 vs 2016.
ST Math's visual, spatial-temporal approach makes the program accessible to more learners.
What are students saying about ST Math?
JiJi helps me keep trying. When I make mistakes, I learn from it.
Dear JiJi—you’re the best. Your program is amazing.
Thank you for helping me in math. I really like math. It’s so fun.
Students who play ST Math have higher mathematics self-beliefs
ST Math's impact on student self-beliefs is strongest for those students who had lower mathematics achievement scores
ST Math operates through students' self-belief to positively influence achievement
Teomara Rutherford, Allison S. Liu, Arena S. Lam & Katerina Schenke (2020) Impact on mathematics self-beliefs from a mastery-based mathematics software, Journal of Research on Technology in Education
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Estimate the number of tennis balls that can fit on a plane
Google Intern interview question
The volume of work often necessitates computers who can perform the routine machine operations with great speed, but who need not have much logical insight into what the results should be...
Memo: "Computing Group Organizations and Practices at NACA" April 24th 1942
To ensure that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world's most challenging problems.
OUR MISSION:
LAUSD LD NorthEast 1.27.21
By Nigel Nisbet
LAUSD LD NorthEast 1.27.21
ST Math Overview
