Visual to
Symbolic
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Formative
Feedback
Learning
Recovery
Usage
& Reports
Results
& Impact
PreK & TK
Middle School
& Intervention
Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
Talks
How the
Brain Learns
Professional
Learning
PreK - 2
3 - 5
6 - 8
There are approximately 35,000 puzzles in the ST Math (PreK-8) supplemental curriculum. Below are 12 sample ST Math games with 115 puzzles to play.
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To ensure that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world's most challenging problems.
OUR MISSION:
We believe that math should be taught the way the brain learns.
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How the Brain Learns:
Spatial Temporal Reasoning and the Perception Action Cycle
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How to implement the Perception Action Cycle in the classroom
Student view
I SEE
I THINK
I TRY
I LEARN
I KNOW
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Fractions
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Puzzle
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Formative
Feedback
How the
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Formative Feedback
Need a hint?
Need a hint?
Need a hint?
Correct! Great Job!
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About MIND
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Puzzle
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Brain Learns
Visual to Symbolic
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“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
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Learning
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Visualizing Fractions
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
\frac{7}{8}+\frac{12}{13}
Estimate the Sum
a. 1
b. 2
c. 19
d. 21
\frac{187}{104}
=
\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
+
≈ 2
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About MIND
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Fractions
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Puzzle
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Visual to
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How the
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Skills vs. Schema
Deep Conceptual Understanding
Deep Conceptual Understanding
Deep Conceptual Understanding
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Learning
Recovery
Usage
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Results
& Impact
PreK & TK
Middle School
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Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
Talks
Visual to
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Formative
Feedback
How the
Brain Learns
Puzzle Talks
What does a puzzle talk look like? Sound like?
Students
- talking to one another
- making conjectures
and testing them - revising thinking based on feedback
- connecting ideas to previous knowledge
and experiences
Teachers
- observing students' discussion
- encouraging ideas
- clarifying and questioning
- listening as a formative assessment
Puzzle Talks
Puzzle Talks
Puzzle Talks
Puzzle Talks
Puzzle Talks
Puzzle Talks
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Learning
Recovery
Usage
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Middle School
Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
Talks
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Formative
Feedback
How the
Brain Learns
Learning Recovery
The tyranny of low expectations
Research shows:
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Students face long-term harm from low expectations and below-grade-level content.
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Students make greater learning gains when their teachers hold high expectations about their ability to meet grade-level standards.
Source: "The Opportunity Myth," TNTP
Recovery is about learning, not practice
Students at All Abilities Pass Even ST Math’s Challenging Levels
Students at All Abilities Pass Even ST Math’s Challenging Levels
Students at All Abilities Pass Even ST Math’s Challenging Levels
Students at All Abilities Pass Even ST Math’s Challenging Levels
Students at All Abilities Pass Even ST Math’s Challenging Levels
Keeping students on grade level with ST Math
High Ceiling
Low Floor
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Learning
Recovery
Usage
& Reports
Results
& Impact
PreK & TK
Middle School
& Intervention
Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
Talks
Visual to
Symbolic
Formative
Feedback
How the
Brain Learns
Usage & Reports
Differentiated Student 1:1
Personal Pathway for Learning
How ST Math can be used:
Journey
Differentiated Student 1:1
Teacher Instructional Targets
for Learning
Assignments
Whole Class/Small Group Lessons
for Learning
Puzzle Talks
2020
“ST Math has been a wonderful component of the Hybrid and Distance Learning programs we offered our scholars this year. ST Math met our needs better than anything else out there. The combination of highly engaging and, for lack of a better word, fun content and research-based conceptual math instruction, I believe, is a major reason why we didn't experience as much "learning loss" as we originally anticipated.”
- Scott Borba, Superintendent, Le Grand Union Elementary School District, CA
“I can use Zoom to put them in their own breakout room to feel comfortable with explaining their thought process. I found this private question and answer format actually increased class participation since my kids could be honest about their learning journey. And if there were any connectivity issues, they could go back, replay, and complete ST Math lessons at their own pace.”
- Billie Jo Lamoureaux, K-5 Math Teacher, Morningside Community School, MA
Distance Learning Success with ST Math
What's wrong with this picture?
ST Math recommended minutes per week
Student Stories
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Mastery-Based
Learning
Usage
& Reports
Results
& Impact
PreK & TK
Middle School
& Intervention
Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
Talks
Visual to
Symbolic
Formative
Feedback
How the
Brain Learns
Results & Impact
Third Party Validation
A 2019 WestEd study found schools that consistently used ST Math outgrew similar schools in statewide rank by 14 percentile points.†
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
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Learning
Recovery
Usage
& Reports
Results
& Impact
PreK & TK
Middle School
& Intervention
Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
Talks
Visual to
Symbolic
Formative
Feedback
How the
Brain Learns
Pre-K & Transitional Kindergarten
Early Learning:
Pre-K & Transitional Kindergarten
Play to learn math. Learn to love math.
Comprehensive Learning Curriculum
Brain Building Math Software
Teacher Directed Activities
Visual & Conceptual Instruction
ST Math: Early Learning provides a comprehensive, blended learning program for students offering math instruction before kindergarten. Early learning students love the visual math puzzles and teachers receive the support they need through step-by-step activities that connect math instruction across multiple modes of learning.
Comprehensive Learning Curriculum
ST Math: Early Learning combines:
Visual math software where students develop problem solving and critical thinking skills, and an intrinsic motivation for math learning
Step-by-step teacher’s manuals to help make connections with math concepts.
Classroom materials for teacher-directed multisensory hands-on activities, chants, and songs that complement and support the self-paced software games.
The program addresses the unique development needs of young children, helping them realize the growth opportunities called for in the Preschool Learning Foundations and beyond. ST Math introduces core math concepts visually with a neuroscience-based approach that activates the brain’s innate cognitive abilities. These animated math games guide young minds through an optimal learning path, exposing them to all five key learning domains along the way.
Brain Building Math Software
This suite of activities help develop the motor, verbal and auditory skills essential for early childhood development, regardless of skill level or language background. Easy-to-follow online teacher’s manuals include weekly plans that promote mathematical talk, connect math concepts, and support dynamic teaching.
Teacher Directed Activities
Storybook and Chant Posters
Students practice literacy and language skills while learning key math concepts by reading stories, singing songs and learning rhymes.
Manipulatives and Work Mats
Children explore and investigate with hands-on resources to build deep conceptual understanding and number sense.
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Learning
Recovery
Usage
& Reports
Results
& Impact
PreK & TK
Middle School
Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
Talks
Visual to
Symbolic
Formative
Feedback
How the
Brain Learns
Middle School
ST Math : Middle School Supplement
ST Math for Middle School includes both on-grade-level and intervention content. With ST Math, students build a strong conceptual foundation and repair cracks and gaps in that foundation - correcting misconceptions so their future math learning can snap into place.
Personalized Intervention
Enhances Core Curricula
Embedded Assessment
Detailed Teacher Tracking and Reports
Visual Conceptual Instruction
Algebraic Thinking
Base Ten Concepts
Fractions
Personalized Intervention
Students receive intervention content tailored to their needs as measured by a built-in diagnostic. Ongoing formative assessments will refine students’ personalized path, ensuring concept mastery.
Decimals
Geometry, Measurement & Data
Implementation
Content Mapping
Digital Manipulatives
Schools can design rich, blended learning experiences that utilize the individualized visual software in a variety of ways.
Learning objectives can easily be aligned to match classroom pacing. Students can toggle between personalized intervention and on-grade-level content.
Teachers have access to all of the visual models within ST Math to supplement classroom lessons for preview or review of math standards.
Curriculum Enhancement
ST Math’s web-based curriculum fits perfectly into any middle school environment.
EMBEDDED ASSESSMENTS
Each objective contains a pre and post-quiz available in English and Spanish. Ideal for:
Diagnostic Assessment
ST Math: Middle School Supplement uses a built-in diagnostic to personalize the learning path for each student through the intervention content.
Formative Assessment
Progress Monitoring
Standardized Test Preparation
Results Tracking
EMBEDDED ASSESSMENTS
Reports
Powerful reports facilitate impactful decisions based on standards coverage, productivity and usage.
For teachers, ST Math progress reports and student detail information show clear, actionable data that provides insights into productivity, usage, and areas of struggle - effectively informing instruction.
For administrators, it’s reporting at scale that helps optimize usage and track tangible results.
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"The stick is 5 spaces long. It will flip to measure its length nine times from its starting point. But it starts at 2, so it will get to forty-seven"
y = mx + b
m
x
b
Algebraic Thinking --> Algebraic Expressions & Equations
About MIND
Visualizing
Fractions
Learning
Recovery
Usage
& Reports
Results
& Impact
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Middle School
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Skills vs. Schema
Puzzle
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Formative
Feedback
How the Brain Learns
New Features for Back to School 2022-2023
New ST Math Curriculum
We expanded
standards coverage
Our data scientists analyzed all ST Math games for efficacy
We streamlined the student Journey to focus on games with greatest learning gains
New ST Math Curriculum
We expanded
standards coverage
Our data scientists analyzed all ST Math games for efficacy
We streamlined the student Journey to focus on games with greatest learning gains
Improved Console
See the most important metrics for your whole class – all at a single glance.
Improved Console
Navigation is more intuitive and embedded help serves up immediate tips for success.
Facilitating Students
New support tools for educators including
embedded facilitation tips and how-tos,
game-in-a-minute videos, and links to
additional game resources
Curriculum
New games for 3rd, 4th, and
5th grade, plus:
- Enhanced sequencing
- Improved leveling
- Enhanced alignment to standards
- Improved objective names and descriptions
- Quiz updates
- New Summative Diagnostic for Middle School
Curriculum Management
Teachers can reassign content, and students can choose to replay objectives on the Journey.
Enhanced Journey
Teachers can easily manage the Journey at the class level, can restart the Journey for students, and see which students have completed their Journey.
Students will see a new end of Journey animation to celebrate their hard work with JiJi.
We Heard Your Feedback!
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How the Brain Learns
Conversation Tool 2022-23 Update
By Nigel Nisbet
Conversation Tool 2022-23 Update
Conversation Tool Slides
