Spontaneously Spotting and Applying Shortcuts in Arithmetic – A Primary School Perspective on Expertise

Spontaneously Spotting and Applying Shortcuts in Arithmetic – A Primary School Perspective on Expertise

One crucial feature of expertise is the ability to spontaneously recognize where and when knowledge can be applied to simplify task processing. Mental arithmetic is one domain in which people should start to develop such expert knowledge in primary school by integrating conceptual knowledge about ma...

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Main Authors: Claudia eGodau, Hilde eHaider, Sonja eHansen, Torsten eSchubert, Robert eGaschler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Expertise
Numerical cognition
Arithmetic
Commutativity
spontaneous strategy application
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00556/full

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