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Learning a Novel Number System: The Role of Compositional Rules and Counting Procedures
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Sebastian Holt; David Barner – Cognitive Science, 2025
Humans count to indefinitely large numbers by recycling words from a finite list, and combining them using rules--for example, combining sixty with unit labels to generate sixty-one, sixty-two, and so on. Past experimental research has focused on children learning base-10 systems, and has reported that this rule learning process is highly…
Descriptors: Computation, Numbers, Adult Students, Number Concepts
Rote Learning in the Age of Technology: A Quantitative Study of a Career and Technical High School and the Practical Use of Basic Skills
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Cotreau Berube, Elyse A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this quantitative research study was to investigate the use of rote learning in basic skills of mathematics and spelling of 12 high school students, from a career and technical high school, in an effort to learn if the pedagogy of rote fits in the frameworks of today's education. The study compared the accuracy of…
Descriptors: Rote Learning, Vocational High Schools, Basic Skills, Statistical Analysis
The Nature of Prospective Mathematics Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Case of Multiplication of Fractions
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Isiksal, Mine; Cakiroglu, Erdinc – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate prospective mathematics teachers' knowledge of common conceptions and misconceptions that sixth and seventh grade students had about multiplication of fractions. In addition, prospective teachers' knowledge of the sources of these misconceptions and strategies they knew to overcome these misconceptions…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Interviews, Memorization, Grade 7
Learning Multiplication: The Easy Way
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Caron, Thomas A. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2007
In this article, the author presents an innovative approach to teaching multiplication facts for children in middle school or younger. After introducing the dangers of some contradictions that persist, relating a brief summary of related research and guidelines regarding math facts and their relation to strategic approaches to more complex math,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Multiplication, Academic Failure
Effects of a Copy/Cover/Compare Drill and Practice Procedure for Multiplication Facts Mastery with a Sixth Grade Student with Learning Disabilities.
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Ozaki, Chantel; And Others – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1996
A Copy/Cover/Compare method of teaching multiplication facts to a sixth grade student with learning disabilities was evaluated. Results indicated that the Copy/Cover/Compare method was effective in increasing percent correct for the targeted multiplication facts. Practical implications of employing this drill and practice procedure in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Drills (Practice), Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Minute Math: An Action Research Study of Student Self-Assessment
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Brookhart, Susan M.; Andolina, Marissa; Zuza, Megan; Furman, Rosalie – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2004
Forty-one students in two third grade classes, including special education students, participated in an action research project conducted jointly by two university supervisors, three teachers, and three student teachers. The "Minute Math" project involved students in predicting and graphing their test scores on a weekly conventional timed test of…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Timed Tests, Memorization, Multiplication