More than four out of five teachers agreed that ST Math improves
students' attitudes, confidence, engagement, and understanding of
math, regardless of their background
IRVINE,
Calif., June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MIND
Education, an organization dedicated to ensuring that all students
are mathematically equipped to solve the world's most challenging
problems, today released the results of its annual ST Math Teacher
Survey, conducted by MIND Research Institute, its social impact
organization specializing in education and neuroscience
research.
Each spring, MIND sends out an annual survey to educators who
use ST Math, a program created by MIND Education, to find out how
the tool is delivering value, to guide future research and
development, and to benchmark the understandings and beliefs of the
teachers they serve. ST Math's evidence-based approach uses visual,
interactive play-based learning through problem-solving to deepen
students' understanding of foundational mathematical concepts.
This year's survey found that ST Math stands out to teachers for
its ability to achieve what traditional, language-heavy math
instruction cannot. It reaches all types of students, engages them
deeply in math lessons they genuinely enjoy, and motivates them to
persist, succeed, and grow in confidence, all while enhancing their
understanding of mathematics and improving their academic
scores.
This year, 5,400 educators from across the U.S. responded to the
survey, and the overwhelming majority of them cited the positive
impact ST Math has on their students. Some highlights include:
- 85.8% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that ST Math
increases their students' engagement in math learning;
- 81.2% agreed or strongly agreed that ST Math deepens their
students' understanding about how math works;
- 80.8% said they agreed or strongly agreed that ST Math helps
their students of diverse backgrounds and abilities improve their
math understanding;
- 81.9% agreed or strongly agreed that ST Math improves their
students' attitudes about math and math learning; and
- 81.1% said they agreed or strongly agreed that ST Math improves
their students' confidence in their mathematical abilities.
"I'm very pleased to share our annual spring survey's results
back to teachers and the market for the first time," said
Andrew Coulson, chief data science
officer for MIND Research. "Getting a feel for where the vast
majority of their fellow teachers are seeing value, validates the
confidence of our experienced users. The most satisfactory finding
to me in 2024 is the overwhelming agreement that ST Math is helping
students of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Our non-conventional
approach is designed for every human brain and how it learns. All
brains, full stop. It's very gratifying to see this ST Math value
earn the second highest 'strongly agree' response, after our
hallmark student engagement!"
For more information, please visit STMath.com.
About MIND Education
MIND Education engages, motivates, and challenges students
towards mathematical success through its mission to mathematically
equip all students to solve the world's most challenging problems.
MIND is the creator of ST Math, a pre-K–8 visual instructional
program that leverages the brain's innate spatial-temporal
reasoning ability to solve mathematical problems; and InsightMath,
a neuroscience-based K-6 curriculum that transforms student
learning by teaching math the way every brain learns so all
students are equipped to succeed. During the 2022-23 school year,
MIND Education and ST Math reached more than 2.28 million students
and 115,000 educators across the country. Visit
mindeducation.org
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