The Function of Conceptual Understanding in the Learning of Arithmetic Procedures
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Cognition and Instruction
- Vol. 8 (2) , 103-179
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532690xci0802_1
Abstract
School children learn arithmetic procedures by rote rather than by constructing them on the basis of their understanding of numbers. Role learning produces lack of flexibility, nonsensical errors, ...This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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