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M. Syawahid; Nasrun; Rully Charitas Indra Prahmana – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2024
Mathematically gifted students have a potential for understanding and connecting mathematics concept. Pattern generalization as a part of functional thinking becomes one of the benchmarks for gifted students in mathematics. The mathematics curriculum in Indonesia that has not accommodated the functional thinking ability of elementary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Somasundram, Piriya – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
Algebraic thinking in children can bridge the cognitive gap between arithmetic and algebra. This quantitative study aimed to develop and test a cognitive model that examines the cognitive factors influencing algebraic thinking among Year Five pupils. A total of 720 Year Five pupils from randomly selected national schools in Malaysia participated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
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Zalewski, Donald L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1974
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Elementary School Mathematics
McIntosh, Alistair – Mathematics Teaching, 1978
Children are asked to describe the subtraction process or to describe a context in which subtraction may be used. (JLH)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education
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Van de Walle, John; Thompson, Charles S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Described are activities for thinking through patterns using toothpicks, paper strips, wooden cubes, and people patterns; thinking with attribute items such as geocards, namestrips, and treasures; and thinking with geometric materials such as geoboards and dot paper, cubes, and simple puzzle pieces. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
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Berlin, Donna; White, Arthur – School Science and Mathematics, 1986
This study investigated the effects of combining interactive microcomputer simulations and concrete activities on the development of abstract thinking in elementary school mathematics. Students in grades 2-4 were assessed on tasks involving designs and patterns. (MNS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
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Thompson, Alba G. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
The problem-solving strategy "look for a pattern" is explored. The staircase problem and the region problem are discussed in detail, with varying solution procedures, and three other problem activities are outlined. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Learning Activities
Oxberger, Nancy; And Others – 1979
Games and activities which involve problem solving are presented in order to help teachers develop the numeric, geometric, and logical thought processes of elementary school students. The activities and games (many of which are pencil-and-paper) require using logic, plan-ahead strategies, spatial reasoning, strategies based on prior patterns or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Van de Walle, John A.; Holbrook, Helen – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Described is a project in a third grade class in which problem-solving skills are developed through activities with patterns. Activities for growing picture patterns, making number tables, and developing open sentences or formulas are discussed and illustrated. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the fourth volume of the proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 59 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Kun and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Psychology