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- Why did I write !Tables?
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- Whilst Computers, Calculators and Cockcroft, not necessarily in that order,
- have irreversibly improved the lot of the humble Mathematics teacher, paving
- the way for us to make the subject more fun than it ever was and accessible
- to many more children than was the case in days of yore, (is this sentence
- getting out of hand or what?!) one thing remains a problem, the children and,
- unfortunately, some misguided teachers, believe that it is no longer
- necessary to learn their tables.
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- Few would dispute, or at any rate if they would, they would be wrong, that
- the learning 'by heart' of a poem inevitably enhances the enjoyment of said
- literary structure and the same applies to multiplication tables. How much
- fun is Number Theory going to be if you have to dig out a calculator to
- discover what is the highest power of 2 which goes into 56!
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- Personally I do not think that learning tables is the funnest thing in the
- repertoire but that doesn't detract from its importance. Some of us just
- have to get it into our little skulls that the myth that everything in life
- has to be fun fun fun, is a load of complete and utter horse manure. I am
- quotable on this point and will stick with my metaphor!
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- So I decided to write a 'Drill' program and try it out on the children and
- the interesting and surprising thing to report on that front is that they
- enjoy using it. So here is something to please liberal P.C. wets and
- authoritarian little Nazis alike!
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- Get it on your school network and see the difference!
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- All comments, criticism (constructive please!), money etc. to
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- Richard Sharpe
- 5 Camberwell Terrace
- Leamington Spa
- Warwickshire
- CV31 1LP
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- Tel: 0926 422040