My partner and I have been having difficulty observing the students in class time due to conflicting time schedules. Since we haven't observed it is difficult to say whether or not it is truly a conflict with the students memorizing or if it is the teacher who is making an error in teaching. So in this particular instance we are relying on the word of the teacher.
We have also changed our solution slightly. Instead of making an individual test for each student to complete on their own, we are having the teacher be involved as well. The teacher will hold up a series of multiplication facts on flash cards for only a couple seconds for the students to see. The student must then write down the answer as fast as possible. This should motivate the students to pay attention and memorize their facts.
The objective is to eventually have students hand in their answer sheets with no blank spaces.
This could also be turned into a group "game".
If this method is applied every day before the lesson plan begins it works as a great refresher for the students and doesn't take up too much class time.
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