Author(s)

Silvia Pixner¹, Korbinian Moeller², Christina Kraut^1*

¹UMIT TIROL—Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology, Institute for Psychology, EWZ 1, Hall in Tirol, Austria.
²Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a new intervention program with primary school children who show difficulties in solving simple multiplication problems. 64 fourth-grade children completed an eight-week long training with a pre-, post-, and follow-up test. Performance on a standardized test for arithmetic operations and a computer test were used to measure children’s knowledge. Results show the overall and long-term effectiveness of a holistic approach to multiplication fact training. All participants of the experimental groups show a significant increase in correct answers and faster reaction times, with the effects being stable over time. The program helped children build a structured multiplication fact network, with untrained facts being solved more quickly and correctly after the intervention.

Multiplication Problems, Intervention, Arithmetic Fact Training, Math Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Children

Pixner, S. , Moeller, K. and Kraut, C. (2023) TIGRO-M: A Program for Automatization of Multiplication Facts. Psychology, 14, 857-879. doi: 10.4236/psych.2023.145046.