Children's mathematical reasoning: opportunities for developing understanding and creative thinking

Colleen Vale; Leicha Ann Bragg; Wanty Widjaja; Sandra Herbert; Esther Loong

Children's mathematical reasoning: opportunities for developing understanding and creative thinking

Colleen Vale, Leicha Ann Bragg, Wanty Widjaja, Sandra Herbert, Esther Loong

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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
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

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