According to Mandia Mentis, Dunn-Bernstein, and Martene Mentis (2008), mediating self-regulation involves teaching students to use metacognition to enable choosing appropriate responses to a given stimulus, to assess their own behavior, and to make adjustments when needed. That being said, Math Block is a technique particularly ripe with opportunity for mediation of self-regulation. In Math Block, behavior adjustments require restraining the impulse to give the first answer that pops into their heads, breaking down complex problems into smaller steps, and engaging a systematic approach rather than using trial and error or wild guessing (Mentis et al, 2008).
Once a student reaches third grade, the task of Next Highest Ten may become rote to
Once a student reaches third grade, the task of Next Highest Ten may become rote to