Educational Applications for automaticity and fact fluency.

Reaching automaticity with important information is essential according to Dell, Newton and Petroff in their book Assistive Technology in the Classroom (2012).  In chapter five, they recommend several tools that can help students reach mastery and automaticity in understanding math concepts.  The National Mathematics Advisory Council (2008) outlined some benchmarks for students, but reaching them is very difficult for many students.  Here are some tools that can help reinforce math concepts.  Low and high tech tools can also compensate for working memory weaknesses, freeing up the students to attack more complex problems - the calculator is just one of these tools - here are some more:

MathPad Plus: 

http://www.intellitools.com/mathpad.html

This is an excellent tool for students who struggle with visual spacial and handwriting difficulties. Dell, Newton and Petroff (2012) note that Math Pad Plus " is a talking math worksheet program that enables students to perform arithmetic computations  with whole numbers on the computer in much teh same way they would using pencil and paper". (p. 126)

FASTT Math:

This is an intervention program that supports students in acquiring math fluency.    The program assesses students, then provides customized lessons that are specific to a student's need.  Teachers can also monitor student progress through this program.