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Gutstein, Eric; Romberg, Thomas A. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1995
Reviews research using diagrams, number sentences, and algorithms to help students learn to add and subtract; poses questions on the relationship of instruction to children's knowledge construction; and proposes a research agenda in this area. (86 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes
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McNeal, Betsy – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1995
Coordinates anthropological and cognitive perspectives on one child's learning of the standard addition algorithm in second and third grade. Analysis showed that the student abandoned his self-generated computational algorithms in favor of less understood conventional procedures. (25 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Arithmetic, Classroom Environment
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Schliemann, Analucia Dias; And Others – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
A 14-year-old Brazilian boy in the fourth grade was given 170 problems orally, each asking for the sum of 2 2-digit numbers. Responses indicated he had invented his own algorithm for addition, similar to the school one, based largely on his experiences with money. (Contains 13 references.) (JAF)
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Case Studies, Computation