Resources
Classroom demonstrations, training talks and research for educators.
Watch Laura Stam’s classroom demonstrations to see students respond to taped problems, complete a timing and celebrate their progress.
- Using the Instructional Hierarchy to Match Student Skill Patterns to InterventionPaTTAN virtual math conference, 2023 · Poncy on matching the instructional hierarchy to an intervention.
- Using M.I.N.D. in Tier 1 to Increase Computation FluencyPaTTAN virtual math conference, 2023 · Poncy on class-wide computation practice with the M.I.N.D. materials.
- Increasing Early Numeracy Skills for Primary StudentsPaTTAN virtual math conference, 2025 · Resources and interventions for early numeracy.
- Interventions to Increase Basic Fact Fluency Across Skills and OperationsPaTTAN virtual math conference, 2025 · Fact fluency practice across operations.
- Math Fact Crisis: Strategies for Improving NumeracyChalk & Talk, episode 29 · Brian Poncy on fact practice and the instructional hierarchy.
- Math Fluency MattersChalk & Talk, episode 30 · Brian Poncy on how often short fact practice has to happen.
- Measures and Interventions for Numeracy DevelopmentSchool Psyched, episode 179 · Poncy and Duhon on the M.I.N.D. materials.
- Using Assessment and Evaluation Data to Select and Adjust Math InterventionsSchool Psyched, episode 194 · A later conversation on using assessment to adjust math interventions.
- Why Fluency Is the Foundation of Mathematical ThinkingLearning with Mr. Lee, S04E03 · Brendan Lee talks with Poncy about fluency as a foundation for math.
- Better Ways to Teach Math FactsProgressively Incorrect, S5E12 · Zach Groshell talks with Poncy about teaching math facts.
- Unlocking Math Success: Building Basic Fact Fluency and Foundational SkillsBAM Radio · A BAM Radio track on basic fact fluency and foundational skills.
- Build Fluent Maths Foundations and Watch Everything Else FollowCentre for Independent Studies · Poncy and Reddy on fluent math foundations.
- How and why the instructional standards were selectedAuthors’ research FAQ · Why the frustration, instructional, and mastery criteria were chosen.
- When and how to use fact familiesGreg Schutte’s research study · How fact families carry addition practice to subtraction, and multiplication practice to division.
Selected papers
- Taped problems and cover, copy, and compare
- Class-wide math fact practice
- Explicit timing and feedback
- Quantifying intervention intensity
- Massed and distributed practice
Find more publications on the university profiles of Brian Poncy and Gary Duhon.
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