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2013b.00343 Thompson, Ian To chunk or not to chunk? Math. Teach., No. 227, 45-48 (2012). 2012 Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM), Derby EN D32 F32 teaching methods elementary school mathematics instructional effectiveness problem solving computation mathematical logic arithmetic difficulties algorithms

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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)