Insights into number: Developing flexible mental mathematics

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Sparrow, Len, Swan, Paul
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) 2006
Online Access:	http://www.mav.vic.edu.au/ http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52986

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