Oak Knoll Mom Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I have a bright son who is great at math concepts, but he's lacking in math fluency. I bought him a Flashmaster so he can work on getting faster on the basics (+, - for now). I'm having a hard time deciding how fast is considered fluent. Right now he's taking about 3 seconds/problem on the Flashmaster. Is that fluent? Should I have him keep at it until he's down to 2 seconds/problem? The reason I'm having him do so much work on this is that his lack of fluency is really, really slowing down how much of our math program he gets done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 *bump* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 Trying one last time. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandBeach Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I think 3 seconds per problem is plenty fluent on the flashmaster. You can't type the answers much faster than that and read the problem. I would consider that mastered. I have my kids start at 9 seconds, and then go to 5 seconds. After that I go to paper and pencil tests - Calculadder. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 Thanks for the reply. I knew if I made a big enough pest of myself someone would answer! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 What age is your son? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Knoll Mom Posted August 6, 2010 Author Share Posted August 6, 2010 What age is your son? He's 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofuscramble Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Yeah, 3 seconds sounds really good to me. Are you sure that's what is slowing him down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I would be happy with 3 seconds. If he is getting the concepts, I would be okay with it, too. Does he seem to enjoy math? Maybe he just doesn't care for it, and fools around instead of ploughing ahead. I can see my kids doing something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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