Flexible mental computation: What about accuracy?

Heirdsfield, Ann M. (2002) Flexible mental computation: What about accuracy? In: 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education., July, Norwich, UK.

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Flexibility in strategy choice in mental computation is considered to be a component of number sense. This paper reports on an investigation into cognitive, metacognitive, and affective factors that support both flexibility and accuracy in mental addition and subtraction in Year 3 students. While some factors appeared to be essential for flexibility, additional factors were necessary for accurate employment of strategies. Further, there were qualitative differences between the mental strategies employed by the students who were accurate and those who were inaccurate.

ID Code:	1148
Item Type:	Conference Paper
Keywords :	mathematics education, mental computation
Subjects:	Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > EDUCATION (130000) > CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY (130200) > Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy (130208)
Divisions:	QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Education
Copyright Owner :	Copyright 2002 (please consult author)
Deposited On:	28 Apr 2005
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2008 12:24

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