Becker, A., McLaughlin, T., Weber, K.,P., Gower, J. (2009) The Effects of Copy, Cover and Compare with and without Additional Error Drill on Multiplication Fact Fluency and Accuracy. Education & Psychology Retrieved:http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.uindy.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&hid=111&sid=dcdced47-eb18-40c8-a1a3-bd6630c099f6%40sessionmgr111
This is an article of research on math fluency. The subject was a fourth grade student with learning disabilities. The researcher wanted to see if Copy, Cover, and Compare method would help her with her math facts compared to the Taped Method. Both methods improved her math fluency. They also showed the same amount of improvement. In the end they said that the Taped Method was better because it took less time for the intervention than the Copy, Cover, and Compare by one minute.
I chose to read this article because I’m wondering how to improve my students’ math fluency. We have a district goal that by the end of third grade, students will pass 30 addition and 30 subtraction facts in one minute. Last year not all of my students passed this goal. I have never heard of these two approaches to teaching facts. I am very interested in trying the copy, cover, and compare method. I don’t see myself using the taped method because I don’t have a tape recorder and I feel like that would be a one-on-one intervention. Whereas I can teach the copy, cover, and compare to the whole class and have them all doing it at the same time. This could also be a great homework tool for parents.
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