Children often struggle to memorize multiplication facts, as Hechinger reported, but research suggests it may be worth the effort. Cognitive scientists say that learning your times tables by heart ...

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Embarrassing confession time: I never learned my multiplication tables in grade school. Sure, I had the easy tables like the twos and the fives down, but if asked what 4 x 7 or 8 x 6 was, I’d draw a ...

Times tables tests should be scrapped and grammar exams “stripped back”, teaching unions are urging the Government. Ministers are being urged to cut down the number of tests in primary schools, which ...