I Did It My Way: Providing Opportunities for Students to Create, Explain, and Analyze Computation Procedures

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Susan Scharton Is a private consultant. She is a former elementary teacher and is currently working with undergraduates and preservice teachers at the University of Californiain San Diego.

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Volume 10: Issue 5
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278–283
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/TCM.10.5.0278
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This article challenges the traditional model for teaching computation in the primary grades. It describes a model in which students are encouraged to invent and use alternative computation procedures. Includes examples of student work.

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Copyright:
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2004
Page Count:
6
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2004
Online Publication Date:
Jan 2004
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