That is not to say that having the class say times tables aloud in unison no longer happens, rather that this will be set to music, as a rap, perhaps. Whilst the notion of learning styles has largely been dismissed, multi-sensory learning still has a place in the classroom, so approaches using practical activities, alongside visual and aural ones, will give pupils a greater opportunity for understanding.
So nowadays teachers use a variety of teaching methods, intended to provide numerical understanding as well as parroted recall.Īll of us learn in different ways. This can lead to children being able to respond instantly when asked a calculation – such as 6 times 7 – without necessarily understanding what that means, or why that is the answer. Traditionally times tables are taught by rote, that is, everyone chants them altogether. However, there are plenty of ways we can help them to learn them, even having some fun along the way.
For many of them this will be a challenge. By the age of ten, English school children are expected to have instant recall of all the times tables up to twelve.
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