As a high-school math teacher who once worked at Kumon, I must say that Margaret Wente's glowing account of Kumon (column -- Aug. 14) is not compatible with my experience as a tutor there.

Teaching children maths by making them learn times tables by rote could worsen exam results because they risk failing to properly understand the subject, according to an Oxford University study.

The persistence of rote learning, rigid curricula, and one-size-fits-all teaching methods stands in stark contrast to the dynamic, personalised approaches being adopted in fields like healthcare ...

Rote learning is simply learning through repetition. It’s fast, familiar, and for decades, it has worked well in Singapore’s exam-driven system. As Glenn explains: ...

A B.C. parent has started a petition against new maths learning methods being adopted in the province's revamped curricula for students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

Gary Cheung + FOLLOW Published: 12:00am, 17 Mar, 2001 Why you can trust SCMP ...

Education Not ‘rote’ learning but focus on two principles that produces skilled, creative Chinese students Research shows that common perceptions of Chinese and other Asian learners are wrong ...

Learning the times table by rote and the complexities of grammar will make a return to the primary school classroom as part of a shake-up of the NSW curriculum.