Treffer: Using Alternative Multiplication Algorithms to 'Offload' Cognition

Title:
Using Alternative Multiplication Algorithms to 'Offload' Cognition
Language:
English
Authors:
Jazby, Dan, Pearn, Cath, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Source:
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 2015Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (38th, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2015).
Availability:
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: sales@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
Peer Reviewed:
N
Page Count:
8
Publication Date:
2015
Document Type:
Konferenz Speeches/Meeting Papers<br />Reports - Research
Descriptors:
Multiplication, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Instructional Innovation, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematical Models, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms:
Australia
Number of References:
9
Entry Date:
2017
Accession Number:
ED572454
Database:
ERIC

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When viewed through a lens of embedded cognition, algorithms may enable aspects of the cognitive work of multi-digit multiplication to be "offloaded" to the environmental structure created by an algorithm. This study analyses four multiplication algorithms by viewing different algorithms as enabling cognitive work to be distributed across environmental and mental resources to varying degrees. This produces a plausible framework which could allow further analysis designed to guide the pedagogical use of alternative algorithms.

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