"kay" wrote in message
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'Martin[_2_ Wrote:
;911185']On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:40:08 +0000, kay
wrote:
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But I think learning times tables by rote up to 12 x 12 is the wrong
place to start!-
It worked for my generation and they were taught to kids at an age when
they
could memorise stuff by rote quickly.
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What do you mean by "it worked"?
Do you mean "everybody could multiply relatively small numbers together
in their heads" or do you mean"everybody had a good understanding of
percentages, differentials, risk and the other concepts that are
necessary in order to make decisions in everyday life"?
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kay
Slow down! slow down, were talkng about children in infant school learning
their times tables /NOT/ percentages, differentials etc. That comes later,
considerably later.
Bill