Preservice Teachers' Learning of Mental Computation Through the Use of Direct Teaching and Open Approach

Joung, Eunmi

doi:10.3102/1581214

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“…Research suggests that students are apt to develop their own mental arithmetic strategies rather than solely rely on the methods imparted at school. Given the fact that some students may adopt inefficient mental calculation strategies, learning systematic mental arithmetic strategies is supposed to be emphasized ( Joung, 2018 ; Baranyai et al, 2019 ; Månsson, 2023 ).…”

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The effect of a Schema-based method on correcting persistent errors in mental arithmetic: an experimental study

Chen,

Liu,

Yan

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionArithmetic calculation is a fundamental skill for mathematical learning and daily life. However, elementary school students often make errors in practice.MethodsGrounded in the schema theory and the memory retrieval theory of mental arithmetic, this study employs a controlled experiment to investigate the effect of a schema-based method in correcting persistent errors in mental arithmetic, specifically in the context of simple addition operations. The experimental group utilizes a schema-based method to help participants rectify incorrect answers in memory retrieval, while the control group did not receive this treatment.ResultsThe results showed that significant differences emerged between the experimental and control groups in both the post-test performance and the reduction of persistent error count, indicating that the experimental group had rectified incorrect answers in memory; and persistent errors in simple addition were indeed caused by interference from incorrect answers during memory retrieval; and the schema-based method proves to be effective.DiscussionThe findings of this study contribute to enhancing practical mental arithmetic instruction, assisting students in correcting relevant errors, and improving their mental arithmetic abilities. Not only does it offer directive guidance for teaching practices, but it also provides an enlightening reference for promoting innovative teaching methods.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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The effect of a Schema-based method on correcting persistent errors in mental arithmetic: an experimental study

Chen,

Liu,

Yan

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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“…There is evidence to suggest that pupils are often not directly exposed to mental computation strategies in school but are rather left to themselves to devise strategies. Some pupils then get stuck in unwieldly mental computation strategies, such as doing the standard algorithm mentally, and therefore need to learn more efficient strategies in an organized and systematic way (Askew, 1997;Baranyai et al, 2019b;Hajra & Kofman, 2017;Joung, 2018;McIntosh et al, 1995). Hope and Sherrill (1987) highlight that pupils with less developed skills mostly use standard written methods for mental computation, while pupils with higher developed skills use a variety of mental strategies.…”

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Preservice elementary teachers’ mental computation strategy use in multiplication on one- and two-digit natural numbers

Månsson

2023

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"It is investigated if the mental computation strategies in the research literature are enough to satisfactorily categorize the mental computation strategy use by preservice elementary teachers in multiplication on one- and two-digit natural numbers. The preservice elementary teachers use of mental computation strategies is measured operationally with a written questionnaire. The paper indicates that there are few new strategies used by preservice elementary teachers which are not already contained in the research literature. However, the paper indicates that there is a theoretical need to clarify the strategy definitions, and that there several useful and valuable strategies on multiplication that do not occur in the research literature on mental computation."

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Preservice Teachers' Learning of Mental Computation Through the Use of Direct Teaching and Open Approach

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The effect of a Schema-based method on correcting persistent errors in mental arithmetic: an experimental study

The effect of a Schema-based method on correcting persistent errors in mental arithmetic: an experimental study

Preservice elementary teachers’ mental computation strategy use in multiplication on one- and two-digit natural numbers

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