ST Math partnership helping improve outcomes in Wolf Creek Public Schools

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“ST Math was by far the strongest tool we had found which could be used for targeted intervention and once funding was in place we worked with ST for interventionist training and a rapid implementation in our schools,” said Lougheed.

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Created over 20 years ago by MIND Research Institute, a nonprofit social impact organization specializing in neuroscience and education research, officials say ST Math presents students with challenging puzzles, non-routine problem solving, and informative feedback. ST Math is described as a Pre-K to Grade 6 visual instructional program that intuitively allows students to analyze and reason to solve mathematical problems.

“It works a lot like a kid jumping into a video game for the first time. They don’t use instructions to figure it out, they just know how to play, or figure it out. ST Math is like that in a lot of ways. They don’t have to read a question. Like a video game, they can dive in and start playing and discovering how to solve the problem,” said Lougheed. “It also works well for English as second language students, as the program is open and intuitive. Students just jump in and play and solve the math problems.”

Part of the dynamics of the program, officials add, allows it to show when students get stuck and offers micro lessons. It can also allow students to work below grade level if needed and will mix those questions on areas of need into the other grade level questions that the student is doing well at. All this happens exclusively to each student, note officials, so each student is only aware of what they are working on. To the class, each student is just working on ST Math, regardless of where they are at in their learning or what area of competency they are working on.

“It’s a focus on numeracy. Can they evaluate and solve the problem? And, because there are different ways to reach the solution, students can approach it in a way that makes sense to them,” said Lougheed.

This school year, say WCPS officials, there have been 1,552 students playing ST Math for a total of 159,792 minutes and nearly 170,000 puzzles completed.

ST Math, is based out of the United States and has experience serving millions of students. Wolf Creek is one of only two school divisions that the company has adapted its program to serve in Canada. Additionally, they are working closely with the WCPS to tailor the programming to the changes in Alberta’s math curriculum.