'We are going to focus like a laser': Key quotes in Alberta's math debate

Renowned educational researcher John Hattie and neuroscientist Gregory Yates in the book Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn, on how children need to acquire knowledge about numbers: “There was a period in which teachers were encouraged to believe that rote learning stood in antagonism to deeper understanding. This notion is misleading.”
It’s no easy thing for children to become adept at basic arithmetic calculations, Hattie and Yates say, so diligent practice