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Sebastian Holt; David Barner – Cognitive Science, 2025
Humans count to indefinitely large numbers by recycling words from a finite list, and combining them using rules--for example, combining sixty with unit labels to generate sixty-one, sixty-two, and so on. Past experimental research has focused on children learning base-10 systems, and has reported that this rule learning process is highly…
Descriptors: Computation, Numbers, Adult Students, Number Concepts
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Caron, Thomas A. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2007
In this article, the author presents an innovative approach to teaching multiplication facts for children in middle school or younger. After introducing the dangers of some contradictions that persist, relating a brief summary of related research and guidelines regarding math facts and their relation to strategic approaches to more complex math,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Multiplication, Academic Failure