Over the last 2 weeks, all year 4 children in England have been assessed on their ability to quickly recall multiplication facts. But using these facts is about so much more than fast recall... #EduSky #UKMathsChat #PrimaryMaths theconversation.com/nine-year-ol...

Children spend so much time learning their times tables. Why is it important and how can we help them? Take a look at some of the highlights from our latest research! #EduSky #UKMathsChat #PrimaryMaths

Our piece on using and applying multiplication facts is in the latest issue of Impact Journal from @collegeofteaching.bsky.social! Learning multiplication facts is important. Supporting children to see how they connect to wider mathematical ideas is imperative! my.chartered.college/impact_artic...

Teachers needed for an anonymous 15-minute online survey about children's learning, neurodiversity, and mental health, please! If you are willing to help, please click here: loughboroughssehs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

**NEW** paper from my fabulously talented colleague @bethwoollacott.bsky.social who’s work aims to bring research and practice in the early years closer together

Ah January, still here are you? Fab!

In our newest CMC blogpost, Lara Alcock has written a brilliant piece linking logical reasoning in mathematics to psychological research on reasoning about everyday concepts. Have a read below! ⬇️⬇️ blog.lboro.ac.uk/cmc/2025/01/...

🎉 The wait is over! Our conference programme is LIVE! Check out sessions, speakers, and events we've planned for you. 🌟 Find out more: buff.ly/4as9hts Keynotes include MA President Charlie Stripp and Rob Eastaway. futureproofingthecurriculum.org.uk

I will maintain this list for a few weeks if others want to tag people in the thread below that you think should be there, I will add them. There is a delay between new registrations and appearing in the search (when I can add).

New paper with @camillakgilmore.bsky.social now out at doi.org/10.1016/j.co.... A huge amount of blood, sweat and tears has gone into this paper (not to mention many, many hours of deep thought!) and I am so pleased it’s finally published. Summary to follow in the comments. 1/6

Free open access article published today @tandfresearch.bsky.social about the challenges faced by Ukrainian refugee students learning mathematics in UK schools: doi.org/10.1080/0305... @colinfoster77.bsky.social

Surprising marmite based breakfast inspo! Having said that, I’ll likely stick with butter 😁

A nice way to start the new year…my first ever blogpost!! Thanks so much @bethwoollacott.bsky.social for your help in editing and @lucycragg.bsky.social and @camillakgilmore.bsky.social my fabulous project P.I.s