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Fuson, Karen C. – Cognitive Development, 2009
This article provides an overview of some perspectives about special issues in classroom mathematical teaching and learning that have stemmed from the huge explosion of research in children's mathematical thinking stimulated by Piaget. It concentrates on issues that are particularly important for less-advanced learners and for those who might be…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Processes
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Dowker, Ann – Cognitive Development, 2009
339 children aged 6 and 7 at Oxford primary schools took part in a study of arithmetic. 204 of the children had been selected by their teachers as having mathematical difficulties and the other 135 children were unselected. They were assigned to an Addition Performance Level on the basis of a calculation pretest, and then given Dowker's (1998)…
Descriptors: Computation, Arithmetic, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Skills
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Helwig, Charles C.; Ryerson, Rachel; Prencipe, Angela – Cognitive Development, 2008
This study investigated children's, adolescents', and young adults' judgments and reasoning about teaching two values (racial equality and patriotism) using methods that varied in provision for children's rational autonomy, active involvement, and choice. Ninety-six participants (7-8-, 10-11-, and 13-14-year-olds, and college students) evaluated…
Descriptors: Patriotism, Evaluation Criteria, Young Adults, Adolescents