Children's Use of Arithmetic Shortcuts : The Role of Attitudes in Strategy Choice
Joint Authors
Dubé, Adam K.
Robinson, Katherine M.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
Current models of strategy choice do not account for children's attitudes towards different problem solving strategies.
Grade 2, 3, and 4 students solved three sets of three-term addition problems.
On inversion problems (e.g., 4 + 8 − 8), if children understand the inverse relation between the operations, no calculations are required.
On associativity problems (e.g., 5 + 27 − 23), if children understand the associative relation between the operations, problem solving can be facilitated by performing subtraction before addition.
A brief intervention involving demonstrations of different problem solving strategies followed the first problem set.
Shortcut use increased after the intervention, particularly for students who preferred shortcuts to the left-to-right algorithm.
In the third set, children were given transfer problems (e.g., 8 + 4 − 8, 4 − 8 + 8, 27 + 5 − 23).
Shortcut use was similar to first set suggesting that transfer did occur.
That shortcut use increased the most for students who had positive attitudes about the shortcuts suggests that attitudes have important implications for subsequent arithmetic performance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Robinson, Katherine M.& Dubé, Adam K.. 2012. Children's Use of Arithmetic Shortcuts : The Role of Attitudes in Strategy Choice. Child Development Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473217
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Robinson, Katherine M.& Dubé, Adam K.. Children's Use of Arithmetic Shortcuts : The Role of Attitudes in Strategy Choice. Child Development Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473217
American Medical Association (AMA)
Robinson, Katherine M.& Dubé, Adam K.. Children's Use of Arithmetic Shortcuts : The Role of Attitudes in Strategy Choice. Child Development Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-473217
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-473217