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Research: Memorizing Times Tables Misses the Point

Policy, Research, & Analysis, Study Skills February 18, 2015 at 8:00 am

Do you remember learning your times tables as a child? And what about “Minute Math”? Timed math quizzes and drills are commonly used as classroom tools to reinforce basic concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. But according to Stanford professor and education scholar Jo Boaler, these teaching methods canRead More