Teaching multiplication: Expert argues that many math teaching tools — flash cards, math sprints, worksheets — are not only unhelpful but “damaging.” Why? Support nonprofit news. $10/mo. $15/mo .

Stanford University’s Jo Boaler says teachers and parents should stop using math flash cards, stop drilling kids in addition and multiplication and especially stop forcing students to do ...

Pamela Weber Harris , a former high school math teacher contends in a new volume, Developing Mathematical Reasoning: Avoiding the Trap of Algorithms, that too many classrooms focus too much on ...

Whether students are building their fact fluency with flashcards, worksheets, dice games, ... the program handles the spaced repetition element that seems to help kids remember their math facts.