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Practice Makes Perfect When It Comes to Mathematics – Part Two

Practice Makes Perfect – part two - discusses factors that contribute to an important issue facing educators: studies show that up to 90% of what students are taught in school may be forgotten in as little as 30 days.

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Practice Makes Perfect When It Comes to Mathematics – Part One

Every teacher has seen it. The young woman who completed her homework easily last week is completely confused in class this week. How do students forget new skills so soon after they are taught?

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Use Social Media Tools to Get People Talking About Math

Social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook have become a part of everyday life for most people—including educators—who recognize social media as a great way to celebrate student success, promote school goals, and communicate with other education professionals.

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More than 20 Billion Math Problems Solved on First In Math Site!

Students across the nation have helped the First In Math online program achieve another amazing milestone—20 BILLION math problems solved!

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Bethlehem Area School District to Conduct Three-Year Math Study

Suntex International, parent company of the First In Math® Online Program, partners with the Bethlehem Area School District to conduct a three-year analysis of student gains in fact fluency.

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New First In Math Add-On Offers the Quickest Path to Fact Fluency

Schools who are part of the First In Math family are aware that it builds and reinforces a wide range of math skills through the power of digital gaming—but they may not know that new, premium content is available for subscribers: the VIFs™ system.

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Nursing Home Residents Are Gamers; Love First In Math Website

While at Camilla Hall to rehabilitate a foot injury, Sr. Georgiana Connell I.H.M., encouraged some of the permanent residents in one of the best ways she could think of—through the First In Math program.

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Florida School Achieves First In Math Honor For Fourth Straight Year

In 2016—for the fourth straight year—students from Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston, FL have secured a First In Math® Online Program National Championship.

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Texas International Baccalaureate School Celebrates First In Math Success

Wilson Academy, part of the Aldine Independent School District, is proud to be home to the 2015-16 top-ranked First In Math team, among all sixth-grade teams, in Texas.

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First In Math: Upper Merion Area Teachers Like it, Students Love It

“Our students are loving First in Math,” says Sean W. Gardiner, Ed.D., Director of STEM Education Curriculum and Instruction for the Upper Merion Area School District.

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First In Math Ambassador Honored with Power of One Award

Metropolitan Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Continental Societies, Inc. presents First In Math Ambassador, Cred U. Dobson, with a Power of One Award.

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Principal and Peers Recognize Eighth-Grader’s Dedication, Success

When Tyquaill Thomas walks through the doors at Dobson Elementary School in Philadelphia, he knows he has finally found a school that he looks forward to attending every day

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