Re: [conculture] Memorization (conculture version)

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Barry Garcia wrote:

Indeed we had similar practice sheets as well. What I meant
was that Teacher would say "Recite the 4s Table"; and as a
class we'd chant in unison "4x1 is 4; 4x2 is 8; 4x3 is 12;
4x4 is 16 ..." We did such exercises for addition, subtraction,
muiltiplication and division every day through the end of
fourth grade. Our competitions were with the class across
the hall.

Padraic.

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>Well, I grew up during the 80's but I remember in elementary school in
>math class teachers giving us these "tests" simple addition, subtraction,
>or multiplication problems on them (like 2+4 =, 3-2=, 8x9=), and we were
>timed to see who could finish the entire sheet first. I remember every
>morning my teachers giving us these sheets. I think the repetition with
>the competition helped us to learn how to do those problems quickly.
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