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"?

"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

kay wrote:

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"?

What has that to do with learning your 'times' tables?

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Rusty

What for you is the purpose of learning times tables by rote? I thought it was to enable one to multiply relatively small numbers together in your head, but I may be missing something.