Episode 171: Why Kids Need Multiplication Tables (Wed., October 9, 2024)

Episode 171: Why Kids Need Multiplication Tables (Wed., October 9, 2024)What is the one method that every student knows is essential for middle and upper level math. It's a list of shortcuts that we call the multiplication tables. What is 6 by 4?  If you don't know, you have to start over again on every question. You have to put little dots on the page, or count on your fingers and toes. Remember how the schools made fun of that. Now it's required.So, should kids memorize times tables? “Stanford University’s Jo Boaler says teachers and parents should stop drilling kids in addition and multiplication.…But wait — doesn’t everyone have to learn times tables?”  No, says Boaler, evidently a dangerous brit.CODA: Here’s what I've noticed. Every array of ceiling tiles, or linoleum tiles on the floor, contain the multiplication tables. Students can see for themselves that 3 by 4 is the same as 4 x 3. Yeah, it's 12 squares either way. So there is a prompt in plain sight for millions of students. Instead of finding easier ways to do things, the Education Establishment emphasizes difficulty so they will have excuses for reducing content.----------------------------------------------------------Listen to PODCAST or read TRANSCRIPT.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For a 2-page explanation of how everyone can help,visit  Education Reform  When you need a smart gift, give Saving K-12 .-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Word-Wise Education757-455-5020Bruce Deitrick Price----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bio: Bruce Deitrick Price is a novelist, artist, poet, and education reformer. (For a list of his literary titles, visit Lit4u.com. Like a good mystery?? "Frankie" is a unique WHODUNITOr visit "Frankie" article on X:https://x.com/educatt/status/1842384658253672518----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it.Support the show