Young students around the world struggle to memorize multiplication tables, but the effort pays off. Cognitive scientists say that learning 6 x 7 and 8 x 9 by heart frees up the brain’s working memory ...

Children often struggle to memorize multiplication facts, as Hechinger reported, but research suggests it may be worth the effort. Cognitive scientists say that learning your times tables by heart ...

All those long multiplication tables. Timed tests and “mad minutes” of worksheet problem-solving. Fluency drills. Somehow, getting kids to know their basic math facts continues to be at the heart of ...

Embarrassing confession time: I never learned my multiplication tables in grade school. Sure, I had the easy tables like the twos and the fives down, but if asked what 4 x 7 or 8 x 6 was, I’d draw a ...

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...

I am sending this letter in support of efforts opposing the new TERC math program. I have a fourth-grader, and have taught her the multiplication tables myself because she is not learning them in ...

1 1 is 1 2 1s are 2 3 1s are 3 4 1s are 4 5 1s are 5 6 1s are 6 And 7 1s are 7 8 1s are 8 9 1s are 9 And 10 1s are 10 With 1s you can make any Numberblock. Now, isn’t that clever? If you just add 1 or ...

I like things that come in twos, I like ears and elbows and knees, I like pairs of gloves and turtle doves, I like wings and wellies and water skis. When you’re counting slippers or flippers or shoes ...