Key Teaching Stages for Developing Multiplicative Thinking in Students

Autor/inn/en	Malola, Mayamiko; Stephens, Max; Symons, Duncan
Titel	Key Teaching Stages for Developing Multiplicative Thinking in Students
Quelle	In: Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 3 (2021) 1, S.9-15 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2652-0176
Schlagwörter	Multiplication; Mathematics Instruction; Thinking Skills; Learning Processes; Teaching Methods; Mathematics Curriculum; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Cognitive Processes; Division; Recall (Psychology); Mathematics Skills; Sequential Approach; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multiplikation; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Denkfähigkeit; Learning process; Lernprozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Abberufung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schrittfolge; Australien
Abstract	The importance of multiplicative thinking in supporting students' learning of key topics and success in further mathematics is widely and clearly stated in mathematics education literature. However, multiplicative thinking is not clearly stated in curriculum documents of many countries including Australia. In the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics," it is implied throughout as multiplication and division with emphasis on recall of multiplication facts, factors, and multiples of a number, grouping into equal sets, and the use of mental solution strategies. In this theoretical paper, we discuss how this lack of an explicit framework for students' development of multiplicative thinking might be remedied by: (i) making curriculum and teaching to be explicit about multiplicative thinking from early primary school (F-3), and (ii) implementing three key teaching stages for developing multiplicative thinking in students throughout the middle primary (4-6) and junior secondary years (7-8). (As Provided).
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