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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Times tables?  I had those down in third grade...expecting more from BASIS at fifth.[/quote]

You needed to learn to read better -- BASIS won't teach the times tables in 5th, they expect them to already by learned. This does not happen in many DCPS.[/quote]

Can't speak for all of DCPS, but the better schools avoid rote memorization of "times table" in favor of teaching cardinality and better numerical literacy.  Knowing multiplication tables is a convenience when you've mastered more foundational concepts, but it in no way represents any mathematical knowledge.[/quote]

Good luck doing 30 problems a night and weekly tests without a calculator and not knowing your math facts.

Knowing the math facts does not preclude understanding of mathematics at all :roll: [/quote]

yeah . . . totally unrelated.  don't choke on the kool aid.  Math is ALL facts.  My kid never memorized multiplication tables because she could do the math just as quickly.  That's because of an early focus on cardinality, not memorizing a multiplication table.[/quote]

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