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Yang, Der-Ching; Lin, Yung-Chi – Journal of Education and Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to use calculator-assisted instruction to help two fifth-grade low-achievers learn number sense. The research process includes three stages: (1) pre-test interview to detect what kinds of number sense the students did not have; (2) calculator-assisted instruction to help them develop number sense; and (3) post-test…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Reys, Robert E. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Presents two different research tests for teachers to conduct in their classrooms to gain insight into their students' number sense. Provides test results from Taiwan for comparison. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
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Reys, Robert E.; Yang, Der-Ching – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1998
Provides information on the number sense of Taiwanese students in grades six and eight. Indicates that student performance on questions requiring written computation was significantly better than on similar questions relying on number sense. Supports the need to look beyond correct answers when computational test results are reported. Contains 29…
Descriptors: Computation, Cross Cultural Studies, Estimation (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
Chang, Ping-Tung – 1984
This paper anlyzes the new elementary school mathematics curriculum materials being implemented in Taiwan. A list of objectives involving whole numbers is given for each semester in grades 1 through 5, with the time noted for each unit. Improved teaching methods, the use of the abacus and of technology, the roles of problem solving and estimation,…
Descriptors: Computation, Course Objectives, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction