Child Development and Pedagogy · Pedagogy
While solving an addition problem '234 + 42', a student said aloud: 'If it were 40, then it would be 244, 254, 264, 274; but it is 42, so it will be 274 + 2 = 276.' Therefore, 234 + 42 is 276. Which statement is correct regarding the strategy used by the student?
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- 1Use of informal strategies in mathematics helps a teacher know the process of a child's understanding of a concept.✓
- 2Such algorithms are not indicative of students' conceptual knowledge.
- 3The work of a teacher is increased while correcting problems solved by such methods.
- 4Oral computational strategies must be discouraged in mathematics classrooms.
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Use of informal strategies in mathematics helps a teacher know the process of a child's understanding of a concept.
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