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Peer reviewedMulligan, Joanne T.; Mitchelmore, Michael C. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1997
Investigates the calculation strategies used by female students in Grades Two and Three to solve word problems. Findings indicate that students used three main intuitive models: (1) direct counting; (2) repeated addition; and (3) multiplicative operation. Concludes that children acquire an expanding repertoire of intuitive models and the model…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Elementary Education, Females
