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Burns, Marilyn – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Call for reforming mathematics teaching has been sounded loudly and strongly. Change from teaching standard algorithms to having children invent their own methods requires major pedagogical shift. Teachers must trust students' inventiveness and ability to make sense of numerical situations, be committed to thinking and reasoning as cornerstone of…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Creative Thinking, Educational Change
