Teaching number fact and computational fluency: teachers’ perceptions and impact upon practice

Catherine Thiele; Shelley Dole; Peter Carmichael; Jenny Simpson; Christine O'Toole

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Teaching number fact and computational fluency: teachers’ perceptions and impact upon practice

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Teaching number fact and computational fluency: teachers’ perceptions and impact upon practice

Catherine Thiele, Shelley Dole, Peter Carmichael, Jenny Simpson and Christine O'Toole

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.715-722

Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 42nd (Perth, Australia, 30-Jun-2019–04-Jul-2019)

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)

2019

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Specialist Studies in Education

This paper presents primary school teachers' perceptions associated with their engagement in a project aimed at building Year 3 and Year 4 students' number fact and computational fluency. Throughout the project, teachers were provided with classroom ideas and suggestions for engaging students' in number fact practice and for generating student discussions about computational strategies. They were also presented ideas for a teaching sequence for building number facts through thinking strategies; that is, a strategies approach. The impact of this program, through survey responses reveal marked shifts (pre to post project) in teacher attitudes, skills, knowledge and practices around teaching fluency with number facts. The impact of the teacher implementing a strategies approach to teaching number facts and computational fluency is discussed.

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Title: Teaching number fact and computational fluency: teachers’ perceptions and impact upon practice
Authors: Catherine Thiele (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education - Legacy
Shelley Dole (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education - Legacy
Peter Carmichael (Author) - Queensland Department of Education
Jenny Simpson (Author) - Queensland Department of Education
Christine O'Toole (Author) - Queensland Department of Education
Contributors: G Hine (Editor)
S Blackley (Editor)
A Cooke (Editor)
Publication details: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.715-722
Conference details: Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 42nd (Perth, Australia, 30-Jun-2019–04-Jul-2019)
Publisher: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Date published: 2019
Copyright note: 2019 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451323702621
Output Type: Conference paper

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