The 0Maths Blog

There's no magic bullet for ADD or ADHD. However the cumulative effect of many small gains can make a big impact on their maths progress.

For some questions we offer instant rewards for each step of calculation. These help address their natural dopamine deficiency, increasing engagement and attainment:
They like that there are no unnecessary steps: no multiple choice answers to consider, and no submit button to press (ie they can enter an answer after reading 2 numbers for basic numeracy questions, as opposed to 6 if there were 4 multiple choice options.) .
The colour scheme has been designed to be calming and non-distracting.
They like that explanations, where practical, involve one-glance visual explanations rather than videos that they're going to tune out from.
We offer a lot of question types to give that racing brain somewhere to go and build understanding through multiple perspectives.
Hints help turn a hurried answer into a right answer.

We also offer a couple of optional ADD / ADHD specific adaptations:

We can wind down the colour scheme further, dimming non-core elements and reducing the colour palette.
We can also cycle through question types more rapdly so that the maths keeps up with their racing attention without missing anything.