Individual Interviews as Insight into Children's Computational Thinking

Autor/inn/en	Higgins, Heidi J.; Wiest, Lynda R.
Titel	Individual Interviews as Insight into Children's Computational Thinking
Quelle	In: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 11 (2006) 1, S.25-29 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0286
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Arithmetic; Teaching Methods; Mathematical Logic; Computation; Elementary School Students; Elementary School Mathematics; Interviews; Grade 2; Comprehension; Thinking Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Verstehen; Verständnis; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Teachers who believe "practice makes perfect" may engage students in repetitive, perhaps timed, computational exercises. If educators teach students to understand the procedures they practice, however, they will not need as much drill and they will have more flexible use of the computations they perform. Three-quarters of a century ago, William Brownell began arguing for meaningful arithmetic. In this article, the authors describe some of Brownell's ideas about children's understanding of school arithmetic. They include transcripts of Brownell-inspired individual interviews with two second-grade students that illustrate one method for assessing computational understanding. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10