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Robitaille, David F.; Sherrill, James M. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1981
Data indicated that high percentages of fifth- through eighth-grade low achievers had high algorithm confidence for the operations of addition, subtraction, and multiplication. A substantial proportion in each grade expressed a low degree of confidence in their computational method for division. (CM)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computation, Confidence Testing, Elementary Secondary Education