Jump or compensate? strategy flexibility in the number domain up to 100

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-590

  Torbeyns, Joke ^a,b   de Smedt, Bert ^a   Ghesquière, Pol ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GROUP T Leuven Education College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Choice no choice method; Compensation strategy; Elementary arithmetic; Multi digit addition and subtraction; Strategy change; Strategy choice; Strategy flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155163772     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-009-0187-3     Document Type: Article

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