An introduction to teaching the times tables

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Description: Times tables are the backbone of just about everything we do in maths but for many, learning them is a considerable challenge.At school, you were possibly taught them by parroting them off by rote, or by the teacher suddenly turning to you and asking you the answer to one as part of a class tables test. Maybe, your torture was less public, and the test would be written down then marked by the person sitting next you. No matter the method, for most people learning their times tables does not conjure up happy memories.So, starting from the beginning how do we learn?Although this was learned whilst studying about the dyslexic brain, I believe it is true of most people and can be applied accordingly.If you, the teacher were to give your child a worksheet of questions focusing on the times tables, you would help them to create a memory. If you gave them a second similar worksheet, it would be stored away in the brain in the same place making the initial memory stronger. However, when they need to recall that information there is only one place that their brain can go to where they can access that information.Instead, what is needed is to create multiple memories, so that when your brain is thrashing around inside your head trying to find that relevant piece of information it has numerous places it can go to find it.Where do I start?When it comes to the times tables, I wouldn’t try to teach them in numerical order. If you do, you will end up tackling many of the harder ones before you encounter the easier ones.Instead, I would start with the 2’s (as that is just doubling numbers and can be done with adding), then 10’s as we can just move the decimal point along one place (ie. Pop a zero on the end). Then I would move on to the 5’s as it has such a clear pattern: ending in 5,0, 5, 0, 5, 0 etc.From here, I would address the 11’s then the 9’s as the 9’s have so many tricks to help you to learn them.By now, you have covered the 2’s, 10’s, 5
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