TY - CHAP

T1 - Situated multiplying in primary school

T2 - 33. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik - 1999

AU - Ruwisch, Silke

N1 - Conference code: 33

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

N2 - The paper describes an empirical investigation about the arithmetical strategies of primary school children dealing with mutiplicative real-world situations. We constructed three multiplicative settings, similar to each other in their arithmetical structure but different in the situational contexts. 66 second-graders - age 7 to 8 - and 56 third-graders - age 8 to 9 - solved in pairs of two of these problems. The results show that children did not use addition as their main strategy but preferred counting and number patterns. Several hypothesis are discussed explaining these results. The conclusions drawn depend on the preferred hypothesis.

AB - The paper describes an empirical investigation about the arithmetical strategies of primary school children dealing with mutiplicative real-world situations. We constructed three multiplicative settings, similar to each other in their arithmetical structure but different in the situational contexts. 66 second-graders - age 7 to 8 - and 56 third-graders - age 8 to 9 - solved in pairs of two of these problems. The results show that children did not use addition as their main strategy but preferred counting and number patterns. Several hypothesis are discussed explaining these results. The conclusions drawn depend on the preferred hypothesis.

KW - Didactics of Mathematics

KW - Mathematikunterricht

KW - Grundschule

KW - Grundrechenart

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 3-88120-328-1

SP - 67

EP - 75

BT - Developments in Mathematics Education in German-speaking Countries

A2 - Weigand, Hans-Georg

A2 - Neill, Neville

A2 - Peter-Koop, Andrea

A2 - Reiss, Kristina

A2 - Törner, Günter

A2 - Wollring, Bernd

PB - Verlag Franzbecker

Y2 - 1 March 1999 through 5 March 1999

ER -