According to the NCTM Principles and Standands, students are expected to develop fluency with the basic facts. Teachers can help their students learn the basic facts by which of the following activities?

Question

According to the NCTM Principles and Standands, students are expected to develop fluency with the basic facts. Teachers can help their students learn the basic facts by which of the following activities?
A. Setting a required recumbent of facts to be mastered by each student 
B. Having students model and discuss relationships between numbers
C. Allowing students to use calculators for solving math problems 
D. Focusing on memorization of facts and rules

GPT-4o mini · Answer

According to the NCTM Principles and Standards, the best activity from your options that helps students learn basic math facts is:

B. Having students model and discuss relationships between numbers.

This approach encourages students to understand the connections between numbers and how they relate to each other, which is a key component in developing mathematical fluency. It goes beyond just memorization and fosters a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts.