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ERIC Number: ED658369
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
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Exploring the Association between Upper Elementary School Students' Mature Number Sense and Grade-Level Mathematics Achievement
Patrick K. Kirkland; Claire Guang; Nicole M. McNeil
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (45th, Reno, NV, Oct 1-4, 2023)
Students with mature number sense make sense of numbers and operations, use reasoning to notice patterns, and flexibly select the most effective and efficient problem-solving strategies (McIntosh et al., 1997; Yang, 2005). Despite being highlighted in national standards and policy documents (CCSS, 2010; NCTM, 2000), the association between students' mature number sense and other important outcomes is not well specified. For example, how does students' mature number sense relate to their grade-level mathematics achievement? We analyzed 153 upper elementary school students' scores on measures of mature number sense, fraction and decimal knowledge, multiplication fluency, and grade-level mathematics achievement. We found mature number sense to be measurably distinct from their fraction and decimal knowledge and uniquely associated with students' grade-level mathematics achievement. [For the complete proceedings, see ED658295.]
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Education and Human Resources (EHR); National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 2100214