Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking
Multiplicative thinking is a ‘big idea’ of mathematics that underpins much of the mathematics learned beyond the early primary school years. The conference presentation reports on a recent study that utilised an interview tool to gather data about children’s multiplicative thinking. Using a workshop...
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| description | Multiplicative thinking is a ‘big idea’ of mathematics that underpins much of the mathematics learned beyond the early primary school years. The conference presentation reports on a recent study that utilised an interview tool to gather data about children’s multiplicative thinking. Using a workshop format, we present some of the interview tool and some of the findings, as well as demonstrate how the tool can be used for planning, teaching and assessment. The session also emphasises the importance of developing deep conceptual understanding as opposed to the teaching of procedures. This paper considers how evidence from the interview can be used to inform teaching. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-172222017-05-30T08:14:25Z Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking Hurst, Chris Hurrell, D. Multiplicative thinking is a ‘big idea’ of mathematics that underpins much of the mathematics learned beyond the early primary school years. The conference presentation reports on a recent study that utilised an interview tool to gather data about children’s multiplicative thinking. Using a workshop format, we present some of the interview tool and some of the findings, as well as demonstrate how the tool can be used for planning, teaching and assessment. The session also emphasises the importance of developing deep conceptual understanding as opposed to the teaching of procedures. This paper considers how evidence from the interview can be used to inform teaching. 2015 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17222 http://issuu.com/julieallen35/docs/2015-mav-conference-book__1_?e=12283196/31795012 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Hurst, Chris Hurrell, D. Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking |
| title | Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking |
| title_full | Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking |
| title_fullStr | Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking |
| title_short | Investigating children’s multiplicative thinking |
| title_sort | investigating children’s multiplicative thinking |
| url | http://issuu.com/julieallen35/docs/2015-mav-conference-book__1_?e=12283196/31795012 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17222 |