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It Pays to Compare! Using Comparison to Help Build Students' Flexibility in Mathematics. Newsletter.
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Download full textStar, Jon R. – Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, 2008
Flexible knowledge, knowing multiple approaches for solving problems, is a hallmark of expertise in mathematics. Frequently, the author writes, students memorize only one method of solving a certain kind of problem, without understanding what they are doing, why a given strategy works, and whether there are alternative solution methods. Comparison…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Mathematics Skills
