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Effects of Learning Addition and Subtraction in Preschool by Making the First Ten Numbers and Their Relations Visible with Finger Patterns
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Kullberg, Angelika; Björklund, Camilla; Brkovic, Irma; Runesson Kempe, Ulla – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2020
In this paper, we report how 5-year-olds' arithmetic skills developed through participation in an 8-month-long intervention. The intervention program aimed to enhance the children's ways of experiencing numbers' part-part-whole relations as a basis for arithmetic skills and was built on principles from the variation theory of learning. The report…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mathematics Skills, Arithmetic, Learning Strategies
An Investigation into Subtraction.
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Matthews, Julia – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1981
This study covers 11-year-olds, school leavers, student nursery nurses, and bus conductor trainees, and their understanding of subtraction, and whether shortcomings in understanding and performance that occurred at ages six or seven would continue in later years and affect feelings toward the subject. (MP)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Basic Skills, Computation, Educational Research
The Development of Semantic Categories for Addition and Subtraction.
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Nesher, P.; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1982
Research conducted in several countries has shown consistent patterns of performance on "change,""combine," and "compare" word problems involving addition and subtraction. These findings are interpreted within a theoretical framework which emphasizes development of levels of word problem-solving ability related to…
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Computation