This time is like none other in the history of our great city. Minneapolis stands on the edge of a mathematical cliff — one that few are willing to name aloud. I’m going to tell you plain what others ...

Mike Kenny didn’t intend to create an educational web app — he was just looking for a way to help students master their multiplication tables. In 2013, as a graduate student in the Vermont Mathematics ...

When it’s time to review material, many students opt for strategies that are the mental equivalent of “push-ups on your knees,” says psychologist Daniel Willingham. Students crave the satisfaction of ...

Using these flash cards in your classroom offers plenty of flexibility. You can use them in whole-class settings for quick-fire question rounds, in small-group activities or for individual practice.

Learning Multiplication is a pretty big deal for kids and while there are lots of ways to learn how to do multiplication in the big numbers, there is still the need for kids to remember the first ...

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“Because we do so much multi-step problem solving, and we’re doing two-step word problems, if they’re spending 10-15 minutes trying to figure out what 9x7 is, they’re doing a lot of extra work, or ...

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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 ...

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