Articles on Maths skills

June 7, 2015

A little number theory makes the times table a thing of beauty

Anita Ponsaing, The University of Melbourne

If you know a bit about how numbers are made then you don’t need to work out all 144 calculations in a 12 by 12 times table.

April 30, 2015

Craig Speelman, Edith Cowan University

Lots of kids have trouble remembering their times tables. Learning them by rote can mean a child knows the numbers but not what they mean.

Davide Penazzi
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Lancashire
Sue Thomson
Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
Craig Anderson
Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow
Alexei Vernitski
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Essex
John Jerrim
Lecturer in Economics and Social Statistics, UCL
John Rice
Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney
Mzukisi Qobo
Head: Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
Peter Sullivan
Professor of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, Monash University
Karin Brodie
Professor of Education and Mathematics Education, University of the Witwatersrand
David Miller
Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Northwestern University
Mark Boylan
Professor of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Emily Ross
Senior Lecturer, School of Education, The University of Queensland
Margaret Marshman
Senior lecturer mathematics and physics education, University of the Sunshine Coast
Adrian Dyer
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
Scarlett Howard
Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University