Friday, April 15th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Many parents and children struggle with the process of learning the 7 times tables.
Often, this is the result of using left brain methods of learning to try and memorize the answers by rote.
Tom Biesanz has promoted the idea of using Right Brain Maths in learning the times tables.
This fun mode of learning aims to teach maths by abandoning the traditional left-brain approach, which often creates resistance from visual students and learners.
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 10:42 am
Times Tables Chart: There is a lot of information on the internet about how to learn times tables.
How does a parent know where to start?
Parents do not have the time to research the best methods and so just choose what is readily available.
Often they will get themselves a times tables chart and start learning the times tables by rote.
Learning times tables well is a platform on which to build and flourish in mathematics.
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Monday, March 28th, 2011 at 11:06 am
Dominic O’Brien is an eight times world memory champion and we can learn a lesson from him with the learning of the 8 times table.
Many people have the same perspective about numbers that he does.
His view is that numbers can look cold and unfeeling therefore making them difficult to remember for people.
If children have the same bleak view as adults, they will find it difficult to learn times tables.
Numbers can be difficult to remember if people think the numbers are cold and unfeeling.
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Monday, March 28th, 2011 at 10:51 am
There have been a few memory champions, one of the most famous ones was a man called Dominic O’Brien. He had an incredible memory and won the world record eight times.
Memorizing 54 packs of cards is the amazing feat Dominic accomplished to gain a place in the Guinness Book of records.
To gain his place he memorized a pack of cards in 38.29 seconds.
What is the relevance of this in terms of learning your times tables you may ask yourself?
Well to begin with, Dominic had to memorize a massive amount of numbers to become a world champion.
Obviously Dominic had to find a trusted method to enable him to achieve this amazing feat.
Imagine how easy it would be for your children to learn the 7 times table if they used the methods of the memory champions.
To find the secret, goto http://www.timestablesmaths.com/learntimestables
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 2:13 pm
Multiplication Chart: There is a lot of information on the internet about how to learn times tables.
How does a parent know where to start?
Parents do not have the time to research the best methods and so just choose what is readily available.
Often they will get themselves a multiplication chart 10 x 12 and start learning the multiplication tables by rote.
Learning times tables well is a platform on which to build and flourish in mathematics.
Learning the times tables poorly can have a detrimental effect on a child’s mathematics progress
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