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Timbles - a game you’ll WANT to play. Daily wordle-like challenges & practice, that mean you learn and remember multiplication facts without the tables pain!

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What if multiplication fact practice could unlock more than answers?

In classrooms that use structured oracy and reflection, students do far more than recall times tables. They explain their thinking, compare strategies, challenge assumptions, and build real number sense. The result is confidence, fluency, and genuine understanding.

This short video shows how students use oracy to talk through their reasoning and how reflection helps them connect ideas, strengthen patterns, and grow their independence.

If you work in maths education, or you are curious about approaches that go beyond chanting and memorisation, this is worth a watch.

[Tim Stirrup @timstirrup]

WRT multiplication facts. I think automaticity is good - and better than rote memory. But mathematical fluency is better. So you know that 6x8 and 8x6 are mathematically the same and not just parts of different sequences in a set of similar looking sums! And other such aspects. E.g That if you want 15x7 you can add the results of 10x7 and 5x7. But (IMO) if your knowledge of 5x7 consists of their place in a list that stops at 10 or 12, then you’re probably stuck. And need the calculator… wonder what we can do about that?! 😉

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Timbles: NOT for the MTC - look elsewhere for thought restricting, automated online speed tests that are suitable only for up to age 9 https://t.co/5K6nwo9fS5

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Here's the fix: https://t.co/zsztSpP3Ac

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@teachthemx3 Problem is, if the scripts were developed for average teachers, then the computer versions are creating resources today that are aimed at the middle. Not at the 'top'. And in particular, they are using AI to create resources that are in effect only 'average' teachers.

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Scripted lessons really initially developed for 'average' teachers because in the 1950's it was too difficult to train teachers to be better! IMO I believe teachers CAN be, ARE better than just script deliverers, which can indeed be done better and more consistently by a computer!

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Fluency is not just accuracy and speed. In our opinion. Maybe in others' opinions as well. It's not just about remembering, but being able to use what you remember.

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This!

[Tim Stirrup @timstirrup]

'What we noticed this week' : A feature added to Timbles last year whereby:
1) users practice multiplying, dividing, factors, associated facts, whatever... on Timbles.
2) when a session finishes, they say what they noticed. In full sentences. Using stems to help.
3) they get immedate feedback and reward for doing so - more than for the speed!
4) the teacher gets at a click of a button, a summary of some of the last 7 days reflections of that class, suggested discussion points for the class and potential activities.
Times tables can be SO much more than question-answer-time-score .
Multiplication IS so much more than this.
AI can help and is used judiciously throughout.
Read the blogs.

If you want to try it, sign up for the free trial, you will need to sign up as a school to see the extra features as descrobed above.
Suitable for any age - not suitable for the MTC as it's unconstrained by the requirements of an online test, it might just make your users think too much!

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@mrbeeteach Long thought that if someone knows 3x4=12 then they should know 3x40 and 3x0.4 at the very least... then possible to extend to 400, 4000 etc.
Knowing 'the times tables' to 12x12 should actually result in 'knowing' a lot more!

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