An approach to evaluating arithmetic understandings

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Current trends in arithmetic instruction lay greater stress on development of understandings of mathematical principles, generalizations, and relationships than previously has been the case. While the mastery of arithmetic facts and computational skills are not neglected, they are now seen more as tools for developing deeper and richer insights into the nature of mathematics than as ends in themselves. More and more elementary pupils are being encouraged to think and act like mathematicians, to discover important mathematical ideas for themselves, or, in current phraseology, to have some experience in practicing the modes of inquiry of the mathematician.

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