Abstract
Reasoning underpins students’ mathematical understanding and promotes creative thinking. It is regarded as a key mathematical proficiency. In this article Vale, Bragg, Widjaja, Herbert and Loong discuss the reasoning actions that primary children employed and teachers noticed for ‘What else belongs?” a task focused on forming and testing conjectures.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-8 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- mathematical reasoning
- creative thinking