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Download full textRosemary D. L. Brien; Sharon M. Mc Auliffe – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: The Mental Starters Assessment Project (MSAP) seeks to address poor performance in Grade 3 mathematics. The programme focusses on eliminating inefficient counting methods and promoting strategic mathematical skills, including numerical sense, mental calculation and rapid recall skills. Additionally, MSAP supports teachers' professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Skills
Direct linkGraven, Mellony; Venkat, Hamsa – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2021
In this paper, we share the results of the piloting of national diagnostic assessments for strategic calculation with Grade 3 learners in South Africa. The diagnostic assessment pilot intervention was focused on promoting strategic use of calculation strategies and aimed to move learners on from the concrete one-to-one counting methods that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diagnostic Tests, Computation, Grade 3
