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Pam and Kim discuss the importance of understanding multiplication facts and how memorization alone does not foster complex multiplicative reasoning.

If multiplication facts are so fundamental, why do students who memorize them struggle with multiplicative reasoning? In this episode, Pam and Kim take a hard look at what students need to succeed multiplicatively. Talking Points What does it mean to 'know' multiplication facts?Using multiplication to solve subtraction problemsMemorizing facts doesn't build complex multiplicative reasoningRedefining the mathematical 'basics'Applications to algebraHow "productive practice" engages students in...

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Hosts: Pam Harris, Kim Montague

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