What are facts strategies?
Adapted from Randall Charles Fact strategies are considered a crucial second phase in a three-phase program for teaching students basic math facts. The first phase is concept learning Here, the goal is for students to understand the meanings of multiplication and division.
What are the challenges of teaching basic multiplication facts?
There are a few main challenges that we encounter when teaching basic multiplication facts. First – time. How do we find the time to do a really good job of teaching the multiplication facts, while also doing a really good job of teaching everything else in our overwhelming curriculum?
How can we make multiplication easier?
Fortunately, there are simple shifts that we can make in our teaching to make multiplication easier for our students and accessible for all of them. We can teach in a strategic order that really makes practical sense. We can also teach our students strategies for each set of facts that will make multiplication FUN, and less challenging.
How many multiplication facts are there?
62 Using Known Facts to Derive Other Facts Only 25 multiplication facts remain (actually fewer, due to the commutative property). These facts can be learned by relating each to an already known fact (or helping fact).
Multiplication Fact Strategies