Download full textERIC Number: ED592431
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Fluency with Number Facts -- Responding to the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics
Dole, Shelley; Carmichael, Peter; Thiele, Catherine; Simpson, Jenny; O'Toole, Christine
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (41st, Auckland, New Zealand, 2018)
This paper reports on results of a targeted and extended (two school terms) program for building Grade 3 and Grade 4 students' facility with number facts and application for mental computation. As part of a larger project, this paper reports results from two schools. Results indicated strong gains in number fact recall and mental computation for both cohorts at both schools. The similar gains in outcomes at both schools suggests the power of a targeted and extended program to build basic fact fluency for mental computation.
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Skill Development, Number Concepts, Mathematical Applications, Mental Computation, Mathematics Achievement, Recall (Psychology), Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum, National Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Grade 4, Achievement Gains, Teaching Methods
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: sales@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Identifiers - Location: Australia
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
