About the use of a calculator……

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Blogpost from Claire Clay who puts it out there:

“Using a calculator is not cheating, nor is it a toy”

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How to make learning stick?

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End of analogue time?

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Best time to learn multiplication tables

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Well they didn’t actually study this yet but a study in the UK looked at what the best time would be for learning more complex multiplications. Their conclusion was:

This study has identified a beneficial effect of learning prior to sleep on recall of complex multiplication problems compared with learning these problems during the daytime. Future research should explore whether similar effects are observed with children learning simple multiplication facts.

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How did the old Egyptians do Fractions?

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Mathigon shares this interesting lesson with lots of visuals:

In this lesson, students explore how Ancient Egyptians wrote fractions 4000 years ago. They compare the unit fractions and express any given fraction as the sum of unit fractions. Working on the task will help students improve their skills in adding and subtracting fractions.

This activity can be used with younger students by working on the numerical examples also with the older students by finding general rules to create the unit fraction sums.

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