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Pickering, Jayne; Adelman, James S.; Inglis, Matthew – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2023
Previous research suggests that the Approximate Number System (ANS) allows people to approximate the cardinality of a set. This ability to discern numerical quantities may explain how meaning becomes associated with number symbols. However, recently it has been argued that ANS representations are not directly numerical, but rather are formed by…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Multiplication, Symbols (Mathematics), Mathematics Skills
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Suárez-Pellicioni, Macarena; Booth, James R. – Child Development, 2022
Math attitudes are related to achievement, yet we do not know how the brain supports changes in math attitudes. 51 children (54.9% female, 45.1% male; 37.3% White, 33.3% Black, 11.8% Latino, 5.9% Asian, 11.8% Other) solved a multiplication task inside the scanner when they were approximately 11 (time 1; T1) and 13 (time 2; T2) years old (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Multiplication
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Thevenot, Catherine; Tazouti, Youssef; Billard, Catherine; Dewi, Jasinta; Fayol, Michel – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Background: In several countries, children's math skills have been declining at an alarming rate in recent years and decades, and one of the explanations for this alarming situation is that children have difficulties in establishing the relations between arithmetical operations. Aim: In order to address this question, our goal was to determine the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Short Term Memory, Executive Function
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Demir-Lira, Ö. Ece; Suárez-Pellicioni, Macarena; Binzak, John V.; Booth, James R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2020
Attitudes toward math (ATM) predict math achievement. Negative ATM are associated with avoidance of math content, while positive ATM are associated with exerting more effort on math tasks. Recent literature highlights the importance of considering interactions between ATM and math skill in examining relations to achievement. This study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Skills, Arithmetic
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Cascella, Clelia; Giberti, Chiara; Bolondi, Giorgio – Education Sciences, 2021
This study is aimed at exploring how different formulations of the same mathematical item may influence students' answers, and whether or not boys and girls are equally affected by differences in presentation. An experimental design was employed: the same stem-items (i.e., items with the same mathematical content and question intent) were…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Achievement Tests, Scores
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Milton, Jessica H.; Flores, Margaret M.; Moore, Alexcia J.; Taylor, Ja'Lia J.; Burton, Megan E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2019
To meet increasingly complex mathematics standards in late elementary school, students must conceptually understand and be fluent in the operations of multiplication and division. This includes understanding the operations' inverse relation. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of alternating concrete-representational-abstract…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Finesilver, Carla – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
There are many potential ways to represent arithmetical tasks, but students' choices may be limited by beliefs that only certain standardised representations are "legitimate" in school mathematics. Furthermore, concern for the quantity and speed of "work done" can override opportunities for meaningful engagement with the…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Arithmetic, Mathematics Achievement, Logical Thinking
Liu, Fuchang – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
Learn the most effective ways to teach elementary math, no matter how much experience you have with the subject. In this book, Fuchang Liu takes you through many common mistakes in math instruction and explains the misunderstandings behind them. He points out practices that should be avoided, helping you to adjust your lessons so that all students…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers
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Bunck, M. J. A.; Terlien, E.; van Groenestijn, M.; Toll, S. W. M.; Van Luit, J. E. H. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2017
Children who experience difficulties with learning mathematics should be taught by teachers who focus on the child's best way of learning. Analyses of the mathematical difficulties are necessary for fine-tuning mathematics education to the needs of these children. For this reason, an instrument for Observing and Analyzing children's Mathematical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Test Reliability, Young Children
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Izsák, Andrew; Beckmann, Sybilla; Bradshaw, Laine – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
The present study extends recent advances coordinating research on cognition and psychometric modeling around fractions. Recent research has demonstrated that the Diagnosing Teachers' Multiplicative Reasoning Fractions survey provides information about distinct components necessary for reasoning in terms of quantities when solving fraction…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Growth Models, Outcome Measures, Preservice Teachers
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Bicknell, Brenda; Young-Loveridge, Jenny; Nguyen, Nhung – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2016
This design study investigated the use of multiplication and division problems to help 5-year-old children develop an early understanding of multiplication and division. One teacher and her class of 15 5-year-old children were involved in a collaborative partnership with the researchers. The design study was conducted over two 4-week periods in…
Descriptors: Research Design, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy
Young-Loveridge, Jenny; Bicknell, Brenda – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
This paper focuses on children's number fact knowledge from a study that explored the impact of using multiplication and division contexts for developing number understanding with 34 five- and six-year-old children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. After a series of focused lessons, children's knowledge of number facts, including…
Descriptors: Numbers, Number Concepts, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics
Downton, Ann – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
This paper reports on 13 Grade 3 students' approaches to partitive and quotitive division word problems. Of particular interest was the extent to which students drew on their knowledge of multiplication to solve division problems. The findings suggest that developing a relationship between multiplication and division is more significant than…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Arithmetic, Grade 3
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Zhang, Meilan; Trussell, Robert P.; Gallegos, Benjamin; Asam, Rasmiyeh R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
Recent years have seen a quick expansion of tablet computers in households and schools. One of the educational affordances of tablet computers is using math apps to engage students in mathematics learning. However, given the short history of the mobile devices, little research exists on the effectiveness of math apps, particularly for struggling…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mathematical Applications, Laptop Computers, Grade 4
Preston, Angela Irene – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Over the last two decades, students in Singapore consistently scored above students from other nations on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS; Provasnik et al., 2012). In contrast, students in the United States have not performed as well on international and national mathematics assessments and students with…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, At Risk Students
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