What is Fact Fluency?
Channel: Everybody Math Research Team
Date: 2023-08-08

What is math-fact fluency? Why is it important? Math-fact fluency means that a student can retrieve an answer to a math fact directly from memory, without any computation or mnemonic devices. Fluency is also known as automaticity or direct recall. Students need math-fact fluency in order to develop conceptual understanding of mathematical concepts. Fluency is an essential element of success in mathematics, and a predictor of future academic success. 
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0:59 necessary for conceptual understanding 
1:32 practice through middle school 
1:42 predictor of future success 
1:55 students need fact fluency