Decide, select, perform and make sense: computation in primary mathematics

Authors

Paul Swan, Edith Cowan University
Len Sparrow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Faculty

Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences

School

School of Education / Fogarty Learning Centre

RAS ID

3395

Comments

Swan, P., & Sparrow, L. (2005). Decide, select, perform and make sense: Computation in primary mathematics. Review process, 384.

Abstract

Research findings will be presented on how children make and execute computation choices. Suggestions will be made for helping children make better choices, along with several ideas for assisting children to decide whether the results of a calculation are reasonable or not.