Explicitly connecting known strategies to flexible mental strategies

Published Feb 27, 2025, 9:00 PM

How do we teach students to choose the most effective mental strategies for solving maths problems? In this episode, Dr. Katherin Cartwright from Sydney University explores how we can equip students with the tools to flexibly and confidently apply mental strategies.

Discover the role of automaticity in mental computation, what mental strategies are, and when students should use them.

Host: Allan Dougan, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT)

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