“I had been working with a group of children who knew their two, fives and ten times tables.....”
This reminds us of the importance of presenting problems that challenge students to recognise that they can use and apply combinations of known facts to reach a solution to a problem which appears to be more difficult.
Domain: Multiplication
Transition: 6 → 7
Barrier: How to derive multiplication facts.
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