Learning environments that support the development of multiplicative thinking

Authors

Derek Hurrell, University of Notre Dame AustraliaFollow
Lorraine Day, University of Notre Dame AustraliaFollow

Publication Details

Hurrell, D., & Day, L. (2015). Learning environments that support the development of multiplicative thinking. Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. 25th Biennial Conference.

Abstract

Given the right learning environment primary aged children can and do develop the capacity to think multiplicatively. Through vignettes taken from interviews with a Year 5 class during a research project, the optimal conditions for the conceptual development underpinning multiplicative thinking is examined.

Keywords

higher mathematics, intermediate mathematics, curriculum