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Mix, Kelly S.; Smith, Linda B.; Stockton, Jerri DaSha; Cheng, Yi-Ling; Barterian, Justin A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2017
Two experiments examined whether concrete models support place value learning. In Experiment 1 (N = 149), 7-year-olds were trained with either a) symbols alone or b) symbols and base-10 blocks. Children in both groups showed significant growth overall, but there were specific effects favoring one training type over another. Symbols-only training…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Models, Number Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
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Polotskaia, Elena – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2017
The main goal of this paper is to show how Vasily Davydov's powerful ideas about the nature of mathematical thinking and learning can transform the teaching and learning of additive word problem solving. The name Vasily Davydov is well known in the field of mathematics education in Russia. However, the transformative value of Davydov's theoretical…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Problem Solving