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Bray, Wendy S.; Maldonado, Luz A. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
A single fact-focused number-string discussion is unlikely to result in all students adopting more flexible and efficient fact strategies; however, these authors have found that repeated engagement in such discussions over time does promote student reasoning about relationships, which in turn leads to increased fact fluency. By cultivating a…
Descriptors: Discussion, Numbers, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction
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Brickwedde, James – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
This article examines the importance of developing the notion of place value as a rate of ten. In exploring how to nurture this concept, the author looks at the role of the language of value, the problem types of multistep multiplication and addition along with measurement division, each with ten as an organizing unit, as well as strategically…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Multiplication
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Moomaw, Sally – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
Skilled instructors observe consistent errors that young children may make in particular situations and seek ways to help children reform their thinking through conceptual understanding. Such teacher observations as those presented at the beginning of this article, combined with similar observations by teachers in other preschool and kindergarten…
Descriptors: Addition, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Teaching, Teaching Methods