Bedtime Math
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| leader_name = Laura Overdeck
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| leader_name3 = Sandy LoPiccolo
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Bedtime Math is a non-profit organization focused on mathematics education for young children, launched by Laura Overdeck in February 2012.{{cite web |date= |title=Nonprofit (Summit): Bedtime Math Foundation |url=http://www.idealist.org/view/nonprofit/Bb63MJ2bWjjd/ |accessdate=8 October 2013 |publisher=Action Without Borders}}
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.{{cite web|last1=Overdeck|first1=Laura|title=A Secret Ingredient for Improving Math Proficiency|url=http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/a_secret_ingredient_for_improving_math_proficiency |publisher=Stanford Social Innovation Review|accessdate=4 June 2014|date=2014}}
Products
Bedtime Math's main offering is daily math problems for elementary school-age kids, posted daily on the website's homepage.{{cite web|last1=Dell'Antonia|first1=K.J.|title=Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Math Problem|url=http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/goodnight-moon-goodnight-math-problem|work=The New York Times|accessdate=4 June 2014|date=2012}}
- Apps: The organization delivers the same daily riddles via a free mobile application for Android and iPhone OS.{{cite magazine |first=Bonnie |last=Rochman |date=February 25, 2013 |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2136328,00.html |title=Beyond Counting Sheep: Why math is the hot new bedtime reading |magazine=Time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809044424/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2136328,00.html |archive-date=August 9, 2021}}
- Books: Laura Overdeck has also published four children's books; her book royalties are donated toward Bedtime Math's programming.{{cite web|title=Bedtime Math Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)|url=https://bedtimemath.org/frequently-asked-questions/|website=Bedtime Math|accessdate=31 July 2021}}
- Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, June 2013)
- Bedtime Math: This Time It's Personal (Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, March 2014)
- Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out (Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, March 2015)
- How Many Guinea Pigs Can Fit on a Plane? (Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, June 2016)
- Crazy 8s: The free program provides a kit of materials to help host eight sessions of a weekly math club.{{cite news|last1=Kuperinsky|first1=Amy|title=NJ mother's 'Bedtime Math' aims to solve number anxiety for children|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/03/bedtime_math_2_laura_overdeck_new_jersey.html|accessdate=4 June 2014|publisher=New Jersey Star-Ledger|date=March 13, 2014}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2015-11-01 |title=Bedtime Math: Crazy 8s Club by Laura Overdeck and Sandy LoPiccolo |url=https://talkstem.org/bedtime-math-crazy-8s-club/ |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=talkSTEM |language=en-US}} As of 2019, there were 10,000 schools and libraries across the country that had participated.{{cite web |last1=Stringer |first1=Kate |title=Toilet Paper, Glow Sticks, and Multiplication: Study Shows How One Free After-School Club Can Help Reduce Math Anxiety |date=30 March 2018 |url=https://www.the74million.org/article/toilet-paper-glow-sticks-and-multiplication-study-shows-how-one-free-after-school-club-can-help-reduce-math-anxiety/ |accessdate=5 November 2019}}
- For Math Awareness Month in April 2013, Bedtime Math produced four short math comedies.
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.{{cite news |last1=Bratburd |first1=Rebecca |date=March 18, 2014 |title=Glow-in-the-Dark Party Brings Math to Light |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304017604579447630277290334 |accessdate=4 June 2014}} Time described it as "heartening news for educators who bemoan the state of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the U.S."{{cite magazine |last=Rochman |first=Bonnie |date=November 21, 2012 |title=Bedtime Math: A Problem a Day Keeps Fear of Arithmetic Away |magazine=Time |url=https://healthland.time.com/2012/11/21/bedtime-math-a-problem-a-day-keeps-fear-of-arithmetic-away/ |access-date=21 November 2012}}
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".{{cite journal |last1=Berkowitz |first1=T. |last2=Schaeffer |first2=M. W. |last3=Maloney |first3=E. A. |last4=Peterson |first4=L. |last5=Gregor |first5=C. |last6=Levine |first6=S. C. |last7=Beilock |first7=S. L. |year=2015 |title=Math at home adds up to achievement in school |journal=Science |volume=350 |issue=6257 |pages=196–8 |doi=10.1126/science.aac7427 |pmid=26450209|bibcode=2015Sci...350..196B }}{{cite journal |last1=Berkowitz |first1=T |last2=Schaeffer |first2=M. W. |last3=Rozek |first3=C. S. |last4=Maloney |first4=E. A. |last5=Levine |first5=S. C. |last6=Beilock |first6=S. L. |year=2016 |title=Response to Comment on 'Math at home adds up to achievement in school' |journal=Science |volume=351 |issue=6278 |pages=1161 |doi=10.1126/science.aad8555 |pmid=26965620 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2016Sci...351.1161B }}{{cite journal |last1=Frank |first1=M. C. |year=2016 |title=Comment on 'Math at home adds up to achievement in school' |journal=Science |volume=351 |issue=6278 |pages=1161.2–1161 |doi=10.1126/science.aad8008 |pmid=26965619 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2016Sci...351.1161F }} In 2018, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General and University of Chicago psychologists claimed that the app "has long-lasting effects even after children stop using the app".{{Cite press release |last=Foundation |first=Bedtime Math |title=Bedtime Math Has Positive Long-Term Effects on Children's Math Performance, According to University of Chicago |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bedtime-math-has-positive-long-term-effects-on-childrens-math-performance-according-to-university-of-chicago-300759478.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Hinton |first1=Marva |title=New Study Provides Possible Solution to Reducing Math Anxiety |url=http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2018/03/new_study_provides_possible_solution_to_reducing_math_anxiety.html |accessdate=5 November 2019 |newspaper=Education Week|date=29 March 2018 }} The effect was more pronounced among students in the kindergarten through second grade club.{{cite web |date= 15 March 2019|title=Laura Overdeck, Math Education Reformer and Philanthropist, to Speak at Stevens 147th Commencement |url=https://www.stevens.edu/news/laura-overdeck-math-education-reformer-and-philanthropist-speak-stevens-147th-commencement |accessdate=15 March 2019 |publisher=Stevens Institute of Technology}}{{cite web |title=Measuring the Effects of an Extra-Curricular Math Experience on Children's Math Attitudes |url=http://s7657.pcdn.co/wp-content/PDFs/BedtimeMath-JHU2018-Crazy8sFinalReport.pdf |accessdate=5 November 2019}}
It was named one of the best online learning math apps for kids by The New York Times,{{cite news |date= 13 March 2020|title=Some of the Best Online Learning Games for Kids |url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/our-favorite-learning-apps-for-tablets-and-smartphones/ |accessdate=13 March 2020 |work=Wirecutter}} and one of the Outstanding Apps in Early STEM Learning for Children by the Brookings Institution.{{cite web |date= |title=Looking for an educational life raft? Apps may not be the answer |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2021/03/22/looking-for-an-educational-life-raft-apps-may-not-be-the-answer// |accessdate=22 March 2021 |publisher=Brookings Institution}}{{cite web |title=PsycNET |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-48187-001 |accessdate=4 November 2019 |website=psycnet.apa.org |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Sparks |first1=Sarah D. |title=Breaking the Link Between Parents' Math Anxiety and Students' Progress |url=https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2018/12/Parents_math_anxiety_students_progress.html |accessdate=4 November 2019 |newspaper=Education Week|date=4 December 2018 }}{{cite web |title=How To Make Sure Your Math Anxiety Doesn't Make Your Kids Hate Math |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/16/676188220/how-to-make-sure-your-math-anxiety-doesn-t-make-your-kids-hate-math |accessdate=4 November 2019 |website=NPR.org |language=en}}