Teaching Mental and Written Computation Introduction Page

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A resource for teachers by Kaye Stacey, Nancy Varughese and Kyla Marston.
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Brief Description of the Teaching and Mental and Written computation CD

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Brief Description of the Teaching Mental and Written Computation CDROM

This resource has been designed for teacher education students and practising teachers. It aims to show the importance of mental computation in the school curriculum and sets out goals for balancing mental, written and calculator computation.
Mental methods used by children are described and some common errors and misconceptions are revealed. Targeted teaching strategies are suggested and class worksheets and diagnostic tests are also provided.

This resource contains
	detailed descriptions of mental methods used by children
	QuickTime movies which demonstrate children's mathematical thinking
	explanations of common errors made by children
	strategies for teaching written and mental computation
	mental method classification activities for teachers
	activities for teacher education students
	completed diagnostic tests from 'example' children, for teachers
	class worksheets and diagnostic tests for children

CD ROM and WEBSITE CONTENTS

GENERAL COMPUTATION

Outline, aims and rationale for this resource

General principles of mental computation

Teaching computation in the calculator era

References

Reference summaries

Technical and navigation help

SUBTRACTION

Survey of mental methods used by children

Activity: Classifying mental subtractions

Class worksheets for mental computation
- Yrs 3-6
- Yrs 5-8

Teaching algorithms for subtraction

Activity: common errors in subtraction

Diagnostic tests for written computation

- blank subtraction test
- completed subtraction tests by 6 example children

MULTIPLICATION

Survey of mental methods used by children

Activity: Classifying mental multiplications

Class worksheets for mental computation

- Yrs 3-6
- Yrs 5-8

Teaching algorithms for multiplication

Activity: common errors in multiplication

Diagnostic tests for written computation

- blank multiplication test
- completed multiplication tests by 5 example children

How to order the Teaching Mental and Written Computation CDROM

If you would like to purchase a copy of this CD, it is now available as part of the compilation CDROM "Teaching Number in the Middle Years" - see ordering information from this link.