The Fact Tactics™ Fluency Program: Building Reasoning Skills for Multiplication in Grades 3–6

by Juli K. Dixon

How can students achieve an understanding of multiplication that allows them to go beyond recall to explain their thinking? Author and mathematics education professor Juli Dixon introduces a program that teachers can seamlessly integrate into existing mathematics instruction. Learn six tactics to help you shift from an anxiety-producing, rote-memorization approach to one that helps students actually make sense of multiplication.
This book will help classroom teachers, resource teachers, interventionists, coaches, administrators, tutors, and parents of students in grades 3–6:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Making Sense of Fact Strategies for Multiplication
Chapter 2: Creating a Culture That Promotes Grounded Fluency
Chapter 3: Fact Tactics Fluency Program Activities
A Fact Tactics Future
Appendix Fact Tactics Multiplication Fact Cards
Appendix Fact Tactics Mini Assessments
References and Resources
Index

152 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published June 1, 2023

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Reviews

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am excited to try this process in my fifth grade class next year. This seems DOABLE and I appreciate that it requires minimal time each day to help students become fluent in facts over time. The processes are great ways to get kids thinking and a whole-school approach sounds ideal.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous program that I’m going to implement in the new school year. Love the Fact Tactics webs!