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Juric, Josipa – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
This paper explores the correlation between mental calculation performance and the frequency of using written algorithms in mental calculation tasks. Mental calculation is a mathematical tool used in everyday life situations during and after our formal education. After presenting an overview of the professional literature on this topic, the paper…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Instruction, Computation, Mathematics Curriculum
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1979
About 25 children in each of grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 were tested in their ability to solve linear syllogisms, such as: John is taller than Mary. Mary is taller than Pete. Who is tallest--John, Mary, or Pete? Response latencies and error rates decreased across grade levels and sessions. Component latencies also generally decreased with increasing…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Algorithms, Cognitive Development