Share Paper: Keeping in School Shape (KiSS): The design and evolution of a program that encourages students to revisit math skills over school breaks

1. Carla van de Sande, Arizona State University, United States
2. Jana Vandenberg, Arizona State University, United States

Abstract: Just like physical skills, cognitive skills grow rusty over time unless they are regularly used and practiced. As a result, academic breaks can have harmful consequences on student learning and success. The Keeping in School Shape (KiSS) program is an engaging, innovative and cost-effective intervention that uses existing technology to help students maintain proficiency over breaks from school, while also promoting a growth mindset. Theoretically, the KiSS Program draws on the well-documented benefits of retrieval practice and motivates regular rehearsal of learned material by sending students a multiple-choice mathematics question daily in an accessible and visible manner via text message ...