First-grade basic facts: An investigation into teaching and learning of an accelerated, high-demand memorization standard

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-183

  Henry, Valerie J ^a   Brown, Richard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addition; Arithmetic; Children's strategies; Early number learning; Number sense; Policy; Subtraction; Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 41249089030     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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