Algorithms...Alcatraz: Are Children Prisoners of Process?

Autor/inn/en	Hurst, Chris; Huntley, Ray
Titel	Algorithms...Alcatraz: Are Children Prisoners of Process?
Quelle	In: International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 19 (2018) 1, S.47-68 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1473-0111
Schlagwörter	Mathematics; Multiplication; Mathematical Logic; Mathematics Instruction; Children; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Students; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Problem Solving; National Curriculum; Australia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematik; Multiplikation; Mathematical logics; Mathematische Logik; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Problemlösen; Australien; Großbritannien
Abstract	Multiplicative thinking is a critical component of mathematics which largely determines the extent to which people develop mathematical understanding beyond middle primary years. We contend that there are several major issues, one being that much teaching about multiplicative ideas is focussed on algorithms and procedures. An associated issue is the extent to which algorithms are taught without the necessary explicit connections to key mathematical ideas. This article explores the extent to which some primary students use the algorithm as a preferred choice of method and whether they can recognise and use alternative ways of calculating answers. We also consider the extent to which the students understand ideas that underpin algorithms. Our findings suggest that most students in the sample are 'prisoners to procedures and processes' irrespective of whether or not they understand the mathematics behind the algorithms. [The title on the pdf is "Algorithms and Multiplicative Thinking: Are Children Prisoners of Process?"] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01