As children learn basic arithmetic, they gradually switch from solving problems by counting on their fingers to pulling facts from memory. The shift comes more easily for some kids than for others, ...

Procedural fluency or conceptual understanding--math educators have debated for years which is more important. I sided with conceptual understanding until my colleague Angela McIver helped me see the ...

It is important that children have a conceptual understanding of basic addition and multiplication facts before they memorize basic facts. Students may progress through three stages in learning the ...

Senate Bill 1067, which requires screening early elementary grade students for math difficulties, can significantly improve ...

THE NATIONAL Council of Teachers of Mathematics released new guidelines that, for example, call on fourth-graders to know multiplication tables and division. Oddly, it's big news when math teachers ...

Memorizing multiplication tables may be a seminal school experience, among the few that kids today share with their grandparents. But a Stanford University professor says rapid-fire math drills are ...

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