tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post116325927280107071..comments2024-02-17T04:12:23.721-04:00Comments on parentalcation: MULTIPLICATION TRICKS - Danger!TurbineGuyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09781298806992944235noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1163623526852685722006-11-15T16:45:00.000-04:002006-11-15T16:45:00.000-04:00Sorry about the underline thing... I made an html ...Sorry about the underline thing... I made an html mistake, and as you will see in my next post, I was too busy to fix it.<BR/><BR/>I am going to stick to my guns and maintain that the tricks are on the whole bad.<BR/><BR/>Though they might help some kids learn the facts, these are probably the same kids who would learn them by osmosis.<BR/><BR/>There are kids... many kids who never progress from the tricks to mastery.TurbineGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781298806992944235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1163608425277212912006-11-15T12:33:00.000-04:002006-11-15T12:33:00.000-04:00I don't find anything particularly harmful in thes...I don't find anything particularly harmful in these tricks. If one can use the tricks reliably and rapidly, it becomes easier to move to other concepts while practicing. A lot of them remain as tricks, though, and it would be great to teach some of the reasoning behind why they work. <BR/><A HREF="http://naturalmath.com/mult/mult1.html" REL="nofollow">Here's</A> an excellent page on that. I'd consider it to provide the advantages of both considerable practice with the multiplication table and a significant focus on understanding.CrypticLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05313033952671292402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1163465214964683272006-11-13T20:46:00.000-04:002006-11-13T20:46:00.000-04:00My son's learning multiplication as I write and he...My son's learning multiplication as I write and he's learning tricks like this to help with the meorization process.<BR/><BR/>First he learned how to skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s.<BR/><BR/>Then they teach skip counting by 4s just requires skipping every second number when counting by 2s.<BR/><BR/>Then he leaned the nines trick.<BR/><BR/>What these tricks do is help tie in new knowledge to existing knowledge. This makes learning easier. But, the multiplication tables ultimately have to become automatic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1163455262765333262006-11-13T18:01:00.000-04:002006-11-13T18:01:00.000-04:00What's going on with all the underlining on your b...What's going on with all the underlining on your blog?<BR/><BR/>And as for the elections, I figure I could rant and get ulcers, or be entertained. I'm hoping Kucinich runs again so we can laugh at more Goddess of Peace speeches and crying, sincere hippie wannabe college student fans.<BR/><BR/>The glass is half full, ya know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1163296552456520712006-11-11T21:55:00.000-04:002006-11-11T21:55:00.000-04:00You may learn your nines that way, but you don't c...<I>You may learn your nines that way, but you don't continue to rely on it.</I><BR/><BR/>Not true. Until recently our 6th grader used these tricks. She also uses skip counting by 2's for the 4's. Mentally counting for most of the rest.<BR/><BR/>p.s. good to see you out and about after the elections, I was worried about you.TurbineGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781298806992944235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1163261654884724472006-11-11T12:14:00.000-04:002006-11-11T12:14:00.000-04:00Oops."If given the problem 54 divided by 9, you ca...Oops.<BR/><BR/>"If given the problem 54 divided by 9, you can not easily reverse the procedure."<BR/><BR/>Sure you can. 5+1=6.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33353812.post-1163261555562125262006-11-11T12:12:00.000-04:002006-11-11T12:12:00.000-04:00I learned my nines that way. I don't think tricks ...I learned my nines that way. I don't think tricks get in the way of mastery, at least not multiplication tables, because you use it so much. You may learn your nines that way, but you don't continue to rely on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com