Insights into number: Developing flexible mental mathematics
The ability to use flexible strategies when faced with a calculation to do ‘in the head’ is important to acquire. Many children who rely on remembered facts and standard procedures are limited in their approaches to mental computation. Teaching that develops insights, awareness, and connections appe...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
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Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV)
2006
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| Online Access: | http://www.mav.vic.edu.au/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52986 |
| Summary: | The ability to use flexible strategies when faced with a calculation to do ‘in the head’ is important to acquire. Many children who rely on remembered facts and standard procedures are limited in their approaches to mental computation. Teaching that develops insights, awareness, and connections appears to give this important flexibility and enable children to make sensible and effective choices of calculating strategies. |
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