Do your students continue to demonstrate math gaps due to COVID? Wondering how to respond? Keep reading to discover how to counter post-COVID math deficits.
#1 – Big Ideas
As you reflect on post-COVID math deficits that continue to be demonstrated in your classroom, take heart. You have come this far. In this post I will share ideas and resources that you will find helpful to meet common student challenges in middle school and high-school.
Next, this post will address three common math concepts that students commonly experience post-COVID math deficits, as listed below:
- 1. Multiplication and Division Facts
- 2. Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
- 3. Integer Operations
#2 – Multiplication and Division Facts
First, multiplication and division facts are common skills that promote learning other math tasks taught in middle and high school math classes.
On the other hand, students in middle school and high school learn differently than students at the elementary level. Provide students with alterative learning methods outside of the flash card approach. Use a pattern approach. As students view patterns, they are able to see relationships between numbers which increases their ability to learn groups vs. single facts.
Furthernore, students will discover further patterns and relationships when factoring numbers. This also serves as an excellent preparation for reducing large fractions, simplifying radicals and factoring polynomials.
Below is a resource that you will find very helpful! I commonly use this resource for my pre-algebra and algebra 1 students with much success! I have also observed how it has significantly increased their ability to reduce fractions with large numbers, factor polynomials, and simplify polynonials.
#3 – Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
In addition, fractions, decimals, and percentages that have often been a challenge for students before COVID remain to be a major conceptual and operational challenge. Such concepts are so important as fractions, decimals, and percentages continue to play a role in high school math and science. Check out the resources below.
#4 – Integer Operations
Likewise, how often have you begun teaching algebraic expressions and equations, only to find homework and test pages flourishing with integer errors? Yes. Success with integer operations provide students with tools to successfully solve expressions and equations. Check out the resource below.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Integer-Strategies-Posters-and-Practice-11444768
Conclusion
In conclusion, post-COVID deficits in math challenges may still exhist. However, student success is possible as we find and use tools to propel students forward.
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