A study of computational strategies developed by sixth-grade students and prospective and
practicing teachers identified two-step approaches for measurement and partitive division of …

Method This paper draws on o ne of the findings of a larger study of young children's
development of multiplicative thinNing. The study involved Grade 3 students (aged eight and …

An interesting phenomenon has been observed in research on the concepts of multiplication
and division: Many children, and even adults, do not understand that problems that share …

Multiplication can be presented to students through different models, each one with its pros
and cons. In this contribution we focus on the repeated sum and the array model to …

Abstract 60 female students were observed 4 times during Grades 2 and 3 as they solved
the same set of 24 multiplication and division word problems. From the correct responses …

This thesis is concerned with mathematics instruction for students having difficulties with the
learning of mathematics in general and multiplication in particular. The focus lies on the kind …

Students' strategies for solving long division problems under a realistic mathematics
approach (RME) at Dutch primary schools were categorized in two ways:(a) according to the …

This paper reports on the analysis of the procedures used by third grade pupils who
participated in a teaching experiment focused on multiplication. The design and …

and 13-year-olds were tested with two types of tasks to test their understanding of
applications of the multiplication and division of positive numbers:(i) writing down …

In the Netherlands, national assessments at the end of primary school (Grade 6) show a
decline of achievement on problems of complex or written arithmetic over the last two …