The role of division of whole numbers in problem solving and the implications for teaching division computation are examined. Deleting the teaching of division facts, and obtaining solutions by using multiplication facts, is advocated. (DT)

A method of teaching multiplication facts to remedial students using fingers and an alternate geometric proof developed by students are suggested. (MK)

Rules are given for two games designed to help students learn the multiplication facts. (MK)

A study to determine if "random" or "careless" errors in multiplication made by individual students take on discernible patterns is described. Implications for teaching are discussed. (MK)

Describes a teaching experiment examining the possibility of the redefinition of a multiplication problem from a problem of remembering, to a problem of figuring out why arithmetic rules make sense. (YP)

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the constant time delay procedure, while comparing the efficiency of using teacher-selected and student-selected material prompts, in teaching multiplication facts to 4 male students with learning disabilities (ages 9 to 13). Results indicated that the time delay procedure was most efficient when students…

This article makes the case for an alternative type of mathematics instruction for students with disabilities using multiplication. It explains how educators can skip addition and subtraction in computation instruction and start with multiplication by controlling for two elements: counting through 10 and place value. Word problems are also…

Examined development of multiplication skills in 8- to 12-year-olds taught by discovery methods. Found a general shift away from less effective strategies across ages 8 to 12, but by 11 years, relatively few used the most effective strategy of retrieval for all operands. Effective strategy development was related to nonverbal reasoning ability and…

A four-day exploration of mathematics provides a learning opportunity for students to practice number sense, multiplication and division skills. The students designed the gardening theme to explore the topic of multiplication using the array model, and see the application of mathematics to their everyday life.

This study implemented a multiplication program based on systematic practice, aimed at improving children's recall of basic multiplication facts. Four Year 5 classes were recruited to participate in the study. Two classes practised multiplication facts using pencil and paper worksheets and another two classes practised on computers. Eleven…

Motivation for practicing basic arithmetic skills is provided by activities based on dart board games. There activities also require participants to devise winning strategies, adding enrichment to the game-type drills. (JP)

An activity is presented that involves an unusual multiplicative operation on natural numbers. Described are interesting properties that students may discover when using the new operation. (JP)

This book is for boys and girls who know the numbers from one to thirty thoroughly, who can count to one thousand, who know something of the multiplication tables of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and twelve, and who understand the simplest facts about fractions. This book is both to be read and to be studied. It calls for oral recitation and…

Two instructional variables, sequence and mode, were operationally defined; two methods of sequencing, deductive and inductive, were used, and two modes, concrete and pictorial. Experimental lesson sequences for instruction in the rules and concepts of multiplication were developed for each combination of levels of the variables. The lesson…