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The Influence of Math Fact Automaticity on the Algebra I End-of-Course
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Williams, Daniel S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The concentration in K-12 education on higher-order thinking has diminished the importance of math fact automaticity, which is the ability to deliver a correct answer immediately from long-term memory without impeding the working memory. This quantitative study investigated the influence of automaticity of high school students on their Missouri…
Descriptors: High School Students, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Tests, Standardized Tests
From Notes to Strings
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Wieman, Rob; Freedman, Lindsay; Albright, Paul; Nolen, Deb; Onda, Jessica – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
During professional development, the authors learned about strings--a powerful instructional routine used in elementary classrooms to elicit students' mental mathematics strategies and use those strategies to build conceptual understanding. Strings provided the authors with a way to make relatively small changes to guided notes in algebra 1,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Mathematics, Mental Computation
The Effects of Two Simulations on Conceptions of Rate of Change
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Tague, Jenna; Joseph, Manjula Peter; Zhang, Pingping – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
The focus of the current proposal is to examine the effect of two dynamic simulations on the participants' conceptions of rate of change. Conceptions of rate of change were measured according to Carlson et al.'s (2002) Mental Actions framework and how the participants related the physical simulations to the graphical representations (Heid, et al.,…
Descriptors: Simulation, Mental Computation, Algebra, Mathematical Logic
Mental Mathematics and Enactment of Specific Strategies: The Case of Systems of Linear Equations
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Proulx, Jérôme – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
This study on the mental solving of systems of linear equations is part of a larger research program, aimed to gain a better understanding of the potential of mental mathematics activities with topics/objects other than numbers. Through outlining the study details and the activities engaged with, the paper reports on the variety of strategies…
Descriptors: Mental Computation, Mathematics Activities, Learning Strategies, Equations (Mathematics)
Mental Mathematics and Operations on Functions
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Proulx, Jérôme – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
This study is part of a larger research program aimed at studying mental mathematics with objects other than numbers. It concerns operations on functions in a graphical environment with Grade-11 students. Grounded in the enactivist theory of cognition, particularly in problem-posing, the study aims to characterize students' mathematical activity…
Descriptors: Mental Computation, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Concepts, High School Students
Learning Mathematics in Mainstream Secondary Schools: Experiences of Students with Down's Syndrome
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Monari Martinez, Elisabetta; Benedetti, Nives – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2011
The key questions are: is it true that persons with Down's syndrome can study mathematics only at a very elementary level? Might it be possible that their difficulties are mainly restricted to some fields, such as numeracy and mental computation, but do not encompass the entire domain of mathematics? Is the use of a calculator recommended? Is…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Numeracy, Mental Computation, Calculators