Accuracy and Fluency: getting the balance right

We know that we have to strike a balance between accuracy and fluency in our classes. It’s easy enough to focus on accuracy, but helping our students with fluency can be more difficult. Even the benefits of focusing on fluency (and putting accuracy in second place) can be difficult for students - and parents - to grasp. In this session, Nick Beare first deals with why it’s so important for students to have fluency practice, and then provides some enjoyable and useful activities to improve our students’ fluency.


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