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Mental Maths - Passive to Active
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Williamson, Victoria – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2007
In this article, the author describes her attempt to develop more interactive mental mathematics sessions. She observed that her students perceive the multiplication tables as a series of facts which are either known or not known, not as tools which could be used to derive other facts in a flexible manner. She therefore undertook the task of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Projects, Educational Objectives, Active Learning
Deconstructing Calculation Methods, Part 4: Division
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Thompson, Ian – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2008
In the final article of a series of four, the author deconstructs the primary national strategy's approach to written division. The approach to division is divided into five stages: (1) mental division using partition; (2) short division of TU / U; (3) "expanded" method for HTU / U; (4) short division of HTU / U; and (5) long division.…
Descriptors: Computation, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Mental Computation