Posts Tagged ‘learn times tables’

In the age of the calculator, should times tables be taught anymore? An article recently published by Ian Stewart, (Emeritus Professor of the Mathematics at the University of Warwick) explores ideas relating to this question.
Stewart promotes the idea that we all need to have a solid grasp on the fundamental or basic aspects of maths, [...]

There is an interesting article on about.com (mathematics) related to learning times tables.
This is the information age and the maths curriculum is much larger than it was before
Clearly, if a child does not know the tables this could have detrimental consequences on their chances of school success.
The article therefore outlines a range of methods [...]

Journalist and best selling author Malcolm Gladwell has a lesson that will help your children progress better in maths and times tables.
Gladwell has written several books including ‘Outliers’ which focuses on what makes people a success. This review will concentrate on what we can take from Malcolm Gladwell to enable us to understand what [...]

The thing that is not so well known is that many people have a fear of maths.
Being anxious over maths subjects can badly affect the ability to remember and clearly being less confident of their ability to do maths.Lack of confidence can result in lower performance in school whereas greater confidence does the opposite [...]

How a person feels about something can have a big affect on their likelihood of success. You can find out a lot about this in Tony Robbins excellent book Awaken The Giant Within.
Understanding this as a parent can be an aid to helping your children reach their potential in school and learn times tables.
Linking [...]

In the school holidays your kids are continually moving about and having fun. The fun does not have to stop just because they have gone back to school. There is an amazing method to have fun and learn times tables at the same time which results in 100% Instant Recall.
The problem is that kids have [...]