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McCluskey, Catherine; Mulligan, Joanne; Mitchelmore, Mike – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
The mathematical proficiencies in the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" of understanding, problem solving, reasoning, and fluency are intended to be entwined actions that work together to build generalised understandings of mathematical concepts. A content analysis identifying the incidence of key proficiency terms (KPTs) embedded in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills, National Curriculum
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Warren, Elizabeth; Cooper, Tom J. – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2005
This article examines students' ability to use the balance model to solve for unknowns. A teaching experiment was conducted in four Year 3 classrooms. This experiment focused on exploring the application of the balance model as an analogue for representing equations and solving for unknowns. The teaching experiment promoted a shift by students…
Descriptors: Young Children, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Nonverbal Ability