Beyond Getting Answers: Promoting Conceptual Understanding of Multiplication

Autor/inn/en	Tzur, Ron; Johnson, Heather L.; Hodkowski, Nicola M.; Nathenson-Mejia, Sally; Davis, Alan; Gardner, Amber
Titel	Beyond Getting Answers: Promoting Conceptual Understanding of Multiplication
Quelle	In: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 25 (2020) 4, S.35-40 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0286
Schlagwörter	Mathematical Concepts; Concept Formation; Multiplication; Mathematics Instruction; Minority Group Students; Learning Motivation; Teacher Attitudes; Division; Elementary School Teachers; Public Schools; Teaching Methods; Arithmetic; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Multiplikation; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	Children learn to find answers when multiplying two whole numbers (e.g., 3 × 7 = 21). To this end, they may repeatedly add one number (e.g., 7 + 7 + 7 = 21). But what meanings do they have for multiplication? The authors address this issue while sharing an innovative, playful task called Please Go and Bring for Me (PGBM). Drawing on the Concrete-Representational-Abstract approach (Witzel, 2005), the first author designed PGBM to promote children's meaning-making in multiplication and division (Tzur et al., 2013). This article is grounded in a collaboration with Year 3-5 teachers in USA public schools serving primarily underserved children of colour. The authors observed teachers implementing PGBM and experienced children's enthusiasm first-hand. The research (Tzur et al., 2018), along with teachers' reports, indicated PGBM can promote children's motivation for and success in learning multiplication. PGBM is described after depicting the intended meaning of multiplication. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: https://primarystandards.aamt.edu.au/Journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01