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Demetra Pitta-Pantazi; Maria Chimoni; Constantinos Christou – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
This article reports on an empirical study that investigates the way students' performance in solving arithmetical tasks may be related to their performance in solving algebraic tasks. The sample consisted of 203 Grade 6 students. The arithmetical tasks involved arithmetical expressions with known quantities, whereas the algebraic tasks involved…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Algebra
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Karen S. Karp; Sarah B. Bush; Barbara J. Dougherty – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
Even though there is a great temptation as teachers to share what is known, many are aware of an idea called "rules that expire" (RTE) and have realized the importance of avoiding them. There is evidence that students need to understand mathematical concepts and that merely presenting rules to carry out in a procedural and disconnected…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Mathematical Concepts