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This is where we'll post anything we think you might be interested in relating to multiplication, maths, learning techniques, education in general, and improvements to the website. You're welcome to post a response.
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01 Jun 2011
The learning process (3XME)
The brain has to work through four stages of learning:
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20 May 2011
Why memorise multiplication facts? (3XME)
Why memorise multiplication facts when we have calculators, mobile phones and computers?
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05 Apr 2011
Glucose, the brain and concentration (3XME)
You may be about to prepare for exams by revising or reviewing what you have learned. What you eat can either help or hinder you.
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22 Mar 2011
How to remember the answer to 11 x 11 (3XME)
To find the answer to 11 x 11, look at the four numbers that make up the question.
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18 Mar 2011
The football pitch theory of learning (3XME)
How cutting a football pitch with nail clippers, scissors, garden shears, a manual lawn mower, and one of those lawn mowers you sit on and drive helps to describe how we learn.
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10 Mar 2011
Help with 5 x 12 to 9 x 12 (3XME)
To find the first number in the answer for 5 x 12, 6 x 12, 7 x 12, 8 x 12 and 9 x 12, just add one to the number 12 is multiplied by.
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27 Feb 2011
How to remember the answer to 7 x 8 (3XME)
A way to remember the answer to 7 x 8 is to think 7 and 8 are in order. This helps because the answer is also in order: 5 and 6.
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26 Feb 2011
World Maths Day 1st March 2011 (3XME)
World Maths Day, on 1st March 2011, is designed to encourage school and student participation in a fun online maths competition.
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17 Feb 2011
Using the 3XME guide & website at the same time (3XME)
How to split your screen so the 3XME website is on one side, and the 3XME guide is on the other. This is a great way of using the 'Assess yourself' practice exercises, while reminding yourself how to remember your multiplication tables.
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15 Feb 2011
How different cultures learn to count (3XME)
Kim Normanton of the BBC presents how people in different countries learn numbers, including multiplication tables. Here's the location of the original radio programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/p00ddz9m/
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The guide
You either know your multiplication tables or you don't. It's a fact that can define life chances, but how to learn and remember them?
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01 Jun 2011
The learning process
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20 May 2011
Why memorise multiplication facts?
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05 Apr 2011
Glucose, the brain and concentration
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