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\iteman{ZMATH 2013b.00343}
\itemau{Thompson, Ian}
\itemti{To chunk or not to chunk?}
\itemso{Math. Teach., No. 227, 45-48 (2012).}
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Summary: Ofsted was asked to provide evidence of effective practice in the teaching of early arithmetic, its report entitled; ``Good practice in primary mathematics: evidence from 20 successful schools", was published in November 2011. Did this report pass you by? Unfortunately, as with many other reports not blessed with a ``high profile" the findings have little impact on those teaching primary mathematics day-by-day. The Ofsted evidence is reviewed here with some insightful comment and opinion. The policy makers are supposedly signed up to ``evidence based practice", well, put quite simply, here it is. (ERIC)
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\itemcc{D32 F32}
\itemut{teaching methods; elementary school mathematics; instructional effectiveness; problem solving; computation; mathematical logic; arithmetic; difficulties; algorithms}
\itemli{http://www.atm.org.uk/journal/archive/mt227.html}
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