Are basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts still learned in school?
Yes. Computation skills are very important for students to learn. The difference is that students are not spending year after year trying to memorize the same facts. Instead of only memorizing, students are developing greater understanding of how and why multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction processes work and when they should be used. In a good mathematics classroom, students are making sense of numbers and how they relate by using facts they already know to learn new facts. Building on numbers they know and using facts to solve meaningful and complex problems helps students value mathematics and understand the need for its use. Pure memorization does not build the computation strategies children need for proficiency in using mathematics or help children understand the value of knowing basic facts.
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