{"id":11,"date":"2013-08-16T15:31:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2014-11-21T21:11:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T21:11:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align=\"center\">Improves Student Math Skills, Speed &amp; Accuracy<\/h3>\n<p><center><strong>The MATH FACT SCHOLARS weekly math testing program motivates students to improve their math skills, and increases their speed and accuracy as they advance through each level in the program.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">8 Skill Levels\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Earn Ribbons, Medals &amp; Trophies<\/h3>\n<p>The MATH FACT SCHOLARS program helps Pre-K\/Kindergarten through 7th grade students that are struggling in math and those students that want to challenge themselves to develop and broaden their skills beyond typical grade level requirements. Students advance through the <a title=\"8 Skill Levels\" href=\"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/8-skill-levels\/\">8 skill levels<\/a> in the program mastering basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, &amp; division facts, multi-digit computation, and working with fractions, decimals and percentages. Students earn ribbons, medals and trophies as they progress through each level in the program.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Practice Math Daily\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Attend 1 Testing Session Each Week!<\/h3>\n<span class=\"shadow_frame alignright\"><a rel=\"prettyPhoto\" href=\"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/76-e1378230535582.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"framed\" src=\"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/dejavu\/lib\/scripts\/timthumb\/thumb.php?src=https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/76-e1378230535582.jpg&#038;w=300&#038;h=262&#038;zc=1&#038;q=100\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/dejavu\/images\/shortcodes\/image_shadow.png\" style=\"width:300px;\" class=\"image_shadow\"><\/span><p>Students advance in the program, at their own pace, and based upon their commitment to practicing math skills at home using the MATH FACT SCHOLARS workbooks. The MATH FACT SCHOLARS math practice workbooks include strategy &amp; skill instructions and practice tests for each test in each level. Upon successfully completing the testing requirements for each skill level, students are recognized in a special MATH FACT SCHOLARS award ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>After practicing at home with the math practice workbooks, students attend a once per week testing session (at the before-school enrichment program at their elementary school, or at one of the <a title=\"Community Math Programs\" href=\"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/how-to-get-started\/community-math-programs\/\">MATH FACT SCHOLARS-Community Math Program locations<\/a>) to take a series of \u201ctimed\u201d math tests required for each level.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Affordable Math Enrichment Program<\/h3>\n<p>$215 = Total parent investment for all 7 skill levels &#8211; Bronze Medal level through the Olympian Series \u2013 Percents Level.<br \/>\n$240 = Total parent investment for all 8 skill levels &#8211; Blue Ribbon level through the Olympian Series \u2013 Percents Level.<br \/>\nPre-K\/Kindergarten students must start at the Blue Ribbon level.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><strong>\u201cExperimental studies have demonstrated that, changing children\u2019s beliefs from a focus on ability, to a focus on effort, increases their engagement in mathematics learning, which in turn improves mathematics outcomes: when children believe that their efforts to learn make them \u201csmarter,\u201d they show greater persistence in mathematics learning.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n-The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, \u201cFoundations for Success\u201d, commissioned by the Department of Education.<\/center><\/p>\n<div class=\"margin10\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box_content\">\n<div class=\"three_fourth\">\n<div class=\"margin10\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get started with MATH FACT SCHOLARS today!<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one_fourth last\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/how-to-get-started\/how-to-get-started\/\" class=\"button_link hover_fade medium_button alignleft\"><span>Learn More<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improves Student Math Skills, Speed &amp; Accuracy The MATH FACT SCHOLARS weekly math testing program motivates students to improve their math skills, and increases their speed and accuracy as they advance through each level in the program. 8 Skill Levels\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Earn Ribbons, Medals &amp; Trophies The MATH FACT SCHOLARS program helps Pre-K\/Kindergarten through 7th grade students that are struggling in math &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathfactscholars.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}