Strategies for learning basic math facts Math Tutoring

Students differ in how they learn basic math facts. Some learn no matter how they are shown or taught. For others, basic facts, especially multiplication and long division are major stumbling blocks that need to be met and overcome in a way that enables this particular learner to grow.

Learning basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts  are often considered skills that have to be memorized. That is true to some extent: these skills must eventually become fluent, and on automatic recall. The question is: what is the best way to reach this goal? Rote memorization isn’t necessarily the best way.

Does your middle school-age child feel stupid because he/she is lacking fundamental arithmetic skills?

Recently, a fifth grade student told me she’d never be able to go to college. She knew this, she explained, because she didn’t know her multiplication table and some other basic math facts.

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