According to studies at Johns Hopkins University , students lose an average of 2.6 months of math skills during the summer months . Additionally , research shows that the average teacher spends four to six weeks of time re-teaching material that students have forgotten over the long summer break . Think Through Math ( TTM ) can help students avoid “ summer learning loss ” by working on a carefully selected set of topics designed to help them maintain the math skills they gained during the school year . Using TTM in the summer also prepares students for the topics they will see when the new school year begins .
Over the summer , TTM offered two challenges to motivate students to continue working on their math skills during their time off . Woodland Hills is home to two of the big winners of these
Kelly Mann ( Academy Principal ), Lisa Wise ( Think Through Math ), Angela Zhang , Jenny Zhang , Oscar Zhang , Brittany Libell ( RtI Math Academy ), James Clawson ( Acting Director of Curriculum )
challenges . Tommy Bellows ’ family pledged to motivate him to complete at least five lessons over the summer . Tommy and his family were rewarded with a $ 50 Amazon gift card for focusing on math during the summer months and surpassing his goal .
The big winner was Angela Zhang , who took part in the “ Summer Math Splash THINK Challenge .” Held from mid-June to August , “ Summer Math Splash THINK Challenge ” called upon students from across the country to work on their math skills so that they could hit the ground running in the fall . Angela completed and passed 49 math lessons during the summer months .
On September 13 , 2016 , Lisa Wise , the Motivation Manager from Think Through Math , visited The Woodland Hills Academy to present Tommy and Angela with their prizes . Tommy received a t-shirt in addition to his gift card .
Lisa Wise and Tommy Bellows
Angela received the grand prize — a solar-powered backpack to carry a new Fire Tablet , a TTM t-shirt , pencils , and a journal . TTM offers monthly challenges to motivate students — we hope to host many more award ceremonies this year !
More than 2.6 million students in over 17,000 schools across the country currently use TTM as part of their math curriculum . The program features rigorous learning goals , adaptive technology that meets the needs of each individual student , and online math teachers who create a custom experience for each student . Think Through Math has an embedded incentive program that motivates students as they solve math problems , as well as a charitable giving feature that allows students to convert their points into donations to select charities .
Lisa Wise presenting Angela Zhang with her solar powered backpack .
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