Direct Modeling and Invented Procedures: Building on Students' Informal Strategies.

Chambers, Donald L.

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ERIC Number: EJ533250

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Publication Date: 1996

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Direct Modeling and Invented Procedures: Building on Students' Informal Strategies.

Chambers, Donald L.

Teaching Children Mathematics, v3 n2 p92-95 Oct 1996

Presents examples of direct modeling and invented strategies of students for problem solving. Teachers are encouraged to capitalize on children's abilities to use these invented strategies and in time guide the student toward a standard, more efficient strategy. (AIM)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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