It seems that practice does make perfect, or at least more practice makes closer to perfect. A new study from the Brookings Institute shows that schools that added more class time to math classes, resulted in their students having better math skills.

The study, which examined eighth-grade math scores in 20 countries, found that five of seven that added instructional minutes from 1995 to 2003 showed improved skills. Of the 13 countries that subtracted time, 10 got worse results. The three exceptions were Latvia, the Netherlands and the USA. [USA Today]

And because I know to most of us, the thought of more time spent in the math classes of our youth is rather unappealing and even somewhat depressing, I thought I’d post a little video reminding everyone how much fun math can be: