Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study
This research investigated the use of game playing for mental computation development. As part of a larger case study of a Year 6 class, classroom observation data were used to examine the nature of students’ mental computations. Findings indicated that regular playing of a number-based game that wa...
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The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
2006
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| author | Asplin, P. Frid, Sandra Sparrow, Len |
| author2 | P. Grootenboer |
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| description | This research investigated the use of game playing for mental computation development. As part of a larger case study of a Year 6 class, classroom observation data were used to examine the nature of students’ mental computations. Findings indicated that regular playing of a number-based game that was scaffolded by teacher designed learning structures supported students’ engagement in mental recall, verbalisation of computation steps, using a range of mental strategies, and experimenting with number combinations. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-120412022-10-20T07:14:08Z Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study Asplin, P. Frid, Sandra Sparrow, Len P. Grootenboer R. Zevenbergen M. Chinnappan This research investigated the use of game playing for mental computation development. As part of a larger case study of a Year 6 class, classroom observation data were used to examine the nature of students’ mental computations. Findings indicated that regular playing of a number-based game that was scaffolded by teacher designed learning structures supported students’ engagement in mental recall, verbalisation of computation steps, using a range of mental strategies, and experimenting with number combinations. 2006 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12041 http://www.merga.net.au/documents/RP12006.pdf The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia restricted |
| spellingShingle | Asplin, P. Frid, Sandra Sparrow, Len Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study |
| title | Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study |
| title_full | Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study |
| title_fullStr | Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study |
| title_short | Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study |
| title_sort | game playing to develop mental computation: a case study |
| url | http://www.merga.net.au/documents/RP12006.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12041 |