Young students around the world struggle to memorize multiplication tables, but the effort pays off. Cognitive scientists say that learning 6 x 7 and 8 x 9 by heart frees up the brain’s working memory ...

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Could it be that the nation's large fraction of students lacking math proficiency is caused by significant numbers of students not having their multiplication tables memorized? In a California K-12 ...