I still think singing the multiplication tables and alphabet

Post #331,598 by boxley 8/20/10 12:16:23 PM Reply	I still think singing the multiplication tables and alphabet is a good idea. Rote learning isnt always very useful but reflexive memory about the basics makes it a little easier when it comes to the upper level things.
Post #331,599 by Another Scott 8/20/10 12:26:17 PM Reply	Sure. I think the more ways information has to get into your brain, the more likely it is to stick and be understood. Music and singing is important as it exercises a different area of the brain than raw thinking and memory. Muscle memory is important, too, so (I think, for me) writing notes is vital for learning in a lecture. But singing the alphabet by itself can be confusing. I remember being baffled for a long time about what "elemenohpee" was. :-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #331,630 by Ashton 8/21/10 5:29:48 PM Reply	Now.. singing the Periodic Chart! ya gots to have a Tom Lehreresque Mind to do That. "Papa Haydn's dead and gone But his mem'ry lingers on When he was ... {{forget}} He wrote jolly tunes like this!" ~~ from Teaching Little Fingers to Play -- first piano course. And the tune remains as well. Yup, Rote has its assets and afflictions ... Wanna hear --? Snapdragons and dandelions are not so very wild I never yet saw one forget and try to hurt a child ... OK: thought not. :-0
Post #331,820 by SpiceWare 8/25/10 12:38:52 PM Reply	There's an app for that http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=uPUWbVLzVZI
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Post #331,809 by jake123 8/25/10 11:53:54 AM Reply	I absolutely agree I had to memorize the times table to twelve in grade four. I'm always glad that our teacher made all of us do it. I'm reminded of the old adage: "There is no royal road to learning." Sometimes you just have to buckle down and get the shit in your head the old-fashioned way.
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Post #331,838 by altmann 8/25/10 5:43:10 PM Reply	I was going to say "me too" ... Then I realized that's not what your subject line meant.

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