Bedtime Math Explained

Bedtime Math
Type:Non-governmental, non-profit organization
Purpose:Educational
Location:Summit, New Jersey, U.S.
Language:English
Leader Title:Founder and president
Leader Name:Laura Overdeck
Leader Title2:Chief operating officer and director of research
Leader Name2:Sara Thom
Leader Title3:Chief communications officer
Leader Name3:Sandy LoPiccolo
Leader Title4:Chief strategy officer
Leader Name4:Diana Pecina

Bedtime Math is a non-profit organization focused on mathematics education for young children, launched by Laura Overdeck in February 2012.[1]

History

Bedtime Math was founded in February 2012, initially as a website. In March 2014, Bedtime Math launched Crazy 8s, a free nationwide after-school recreational math club.[2]

In 2019, Bedtime Math created Fun Factor, a K–5 curriculum developed in consultation with Teachers College, Columbia University. It features math activities.[3]

Products

Bedtime Math's main offering is daily math problems for elementary school-age kids, broadcast by email and posted daily on the website's homepage and Facebook page.[4]

Reception

Bedtime Math has been featured in The New York Times parenting blog, USA Today, and National Public Radio (NPR); its books have been featured on NPR's Science Friday and reviewed in The Wall Street Journal.[11] Time described it as "heartening news for educators who bemoan the state of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the U.S."[12]

In 2015, an article in the journal Science reported on a randomized trial on the use of the Bedtime Math iPad that the "app provide limited support for the effectiveness of the intervention" with "no significant improvement in math performance for the experimental group compared with the control group".[13] [14] [15] In 2018, the and University of Chicago psychologists claimed that the app "has long-lasting effects even after children stop using the app".[16]

In 2018, researchers at Johns Hopkins University released the results of a study that claimed that the students who took part in Crazy 8s reduced their math anxiety, with the art club students not experiencing a significant reduction in math anxiety.[17] The effect was more pronounced among students in the kindergarten through second grade club.[18] [19]

It was named one of the best online learning math apps for kids by The New York Times,[20] and one of the Outstanding Apps in Early STEM Learning for Children by the Brookings Institution.[21] [22] [23] [24]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nonprofit (Summit): Bedtime Math Foundation . 8 October 2013 . Action Without Borders.
  2. Web site: Overdeck. Laura. A Secret Ingredient for Improving Math Proficiency. Stanford Social Innovation Review. 4 June 2014. 2014.
  3. Web site: Bedtime Math Links With Wildwood School District to Launch K-5 Math Program . Cape May County Herald . 13 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Dell'Antonia. K.J.. Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Math Problem. The New York Times. 4 June 2014. 2012.
  5. Bonnie . Rochman . February 25, 2013 . Beyond Counting Sheep: Why math is the hot new bedtime reading . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210809044424/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2136328,00.html . August 9, 2021.
  6. Web site: Bedtime Math Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Bedtime Math. 31 July 2021.
  7. News: Kuperinsky. Amy. NJ mother's 'Bedtime Math' aims to solve number anxiety for children. 4 June 2014. New Jersey Star-Ledger. March 13, 2014.
  8. Web site: 2015-11-01 . Bedtime Math: Crazy 8s Club by Laura Overdeck and Sandy LoPiccolo . 2023-01-23 . talkSTEM . en-US.
  9. Web site: Stringer . Kate . Toilet Paper, Glow Sticks, and Multiplication: Study Shows How One Free After-School Club Can Help Reduce Math Anxiety . 30 March 2018 . 5 November 2019.
  10. Web site: Fun Factor Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). Bedtime Math. 31 July 2021.
  11. News: Bratburd . Rebecca . March 18, 2014 . Glow-in-the-Dark Party Brings Math to Light . The Wall Street Journal . 4 June 2014.
  12. Rochman . Bonnie . November 21, 2012 . Bedtime Math: A Problem a Day Keeps Fear of Arithmetic Away . . 21 November 2012.
  13. Berkowitz . T. . Schaeffer . M. W. . Maloney . E. A. . Peterson . L. . Gregor . C. . Levine . S. C. . Beilock . S. L. . 2015 . Math at home adds up to achievement in school . . 350 . 6257 . 196–8 . 10.1126/science.aac7427 . 26450209. 2015Sci...350..196B .
  14. Berkowitz . T . Schaeffer . M. W. . Rozek . C. S. . Maloney . E. A. . Levine . S. C. . Beilock . S. L. . 2016 . Response to Comment on 'Math at home adds up to achievement in school' . Science . 351 . 6278 . 1161 . 10.1126/science.aad8555 . 26965620 . free. 2016Sci...351.1161B .
  15. Frank . M. C. . 2016 . Comment on 'Math at home adds up to achievement in school' . Science . 351 . 6278 . 1161.2–1161 . 10.1126/science.aad8008 . 26965619 . free. 2016Sci...351.1161F .
  16. Foundation . Bedtime Math . Bedtime Math Has Positive Long-Term Effects on Children's Math Performance, According to University of Chicago . 2024-03-25 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
  17. News: Hinton . Marva . New Study Provides Possible Solution to Reducing Math Anxiety . 5 November 2019 . Education Week. 29 March 2018 .
  18. Web site: 15 March 2019. Laura Overdeck, Math Education Reformer and Philanthropist, to Speak at Stevens 147th Commencement . 15 March 2019 . Stevens Institute of Technology.
  19. Web site: Measuring the Effects of an Extra-Curricular Math Experience on Children's Math Attitudes . 5 November 2019.
  20. News: 13 March 2020. Some of the Best Online Learning Games for Kids . 13 March 2020 . Wirecutter.
  21. Web site: Looking for an educational life raft? Apps may not be the answer . 22 March 2021 . Brookings Institution.
  22. Web site: PsycNET . 4 November 2019 . psycnet.apa.org . en.
  23. News: Sparks . Sarah D. . Breaking the Link Between Parents' Math Anxiety and Students' Progress . 4 November 2019 . Education Week. 4 December 2018 .
  24. Web site: How To Make Sure Your Math Anxiety Doesn't Make Your Kids Hate Math . 4 November 2019 . NPR.org . en.

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