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Dennis, Sue Shirah – 1984
Use of low-stress algorithms to reduce the cognitive load on students is advocated. The low-stress algorithm for addition developed by Hutchings is detailed first. Then a variation on the usual algorithm is proposed: adding from left to right, writing the partial sum for each stage. Next, a "quick addition" method for adding fractions proposed by…
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Computation
