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A Developmental Multimodal Model for Multiplication and Division
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Mulligan, J and Watson, JM, A Developmental Multimodal Model for Multiplication and Division, Mathematics Education Research journal, 10, (2) pp. 61-86. ISSN 1033-2170 (1998) [Refereed Article]
Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of young students' development of multiplication and division concepts based on a multimodal SOLO model. The analysis is drawn from two sources of data: a two-year longitudinal study of 70 Grade 2 to 3 students' solutions to 24 multiplicative word problems, and examples from a problem-centred teaching project with Grade 3 students. An increasingly complex range of counting, additive, and multiplicative strategies based on an equalgrouping structure demonstrated conceptual growth through ikonic and concrete symbolic modes. The solutions employed by students to solve any particular problem reflected the mathematical structure they imposed on it. A SOLO developmental model for multiplication and division is described in terms of developing structure and associated counting and calculation strategies.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Specialist studies in education |
Research Field: | Learning sciences |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Other education and training |
Objective Field: | Other education and training not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Watson, JM (Professor Jane Watson) |
ID Code: | 13576 |
Year Published: | 1998 |
Deposited By: | Early Childhood and Primary Education |
Deposited On: | 1998-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2011-08-08 |
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