Boosting Mathematics Fluency: Multiplication and Division Strategies for All Learners

Join us for an engaging and practical session designed to equip educators with the tools and strategies needed to build multiplication and division fluency across all learners. Math fluency—the ability to perform operations with accuracy, efficiency, and flexibility—is foundational for success in more advanced math, including work with decimals and fractions.
In this session, we’ll focus on fact fluency and strategy-based computation for multiplication and division, using both whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Learn how to move beyond memorization and foster deep, flexible understanding in your students.
We’ll Explore:
- The importance of math fluency in enhancing problem-solving skills and conceptual understanding
- Research-backed strategies for mastering multiplication and division facts:
- Break apart
- Halve and double
- Compensation
- Partial products
- Think multiplication
- Partial quotients
- How to apply these strategies effectively to whole numbers, decimals, and fractions
- Engaging tools and activities—fun games, tech resources, and collaborative practices
- Techniques to help students develop a growth mindset, increasing confidence and perseverance
Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Define math fluency and its role in fostering problem-solving and conceptual understanding
- Use and model a variety of multiplication and division strategies
- Apply these strategies across whole numbers, decimals, and fractions
- Implement engaging, effective fluency practices in the classroom
- Support all students in developing flexible, confident approaches to multiplication and division
Credit: Hours (6), PD Points (6), College Credit (0.5)