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Students’ learning growth in mental addition and subtraction: Results from a learning progress monitoring approach. - Anderson, S., Schurig, M., Sommerhoff, D., & Gebhardt, M. in Frontiers in Psychology, 13.
In this study, a newly developed learning progress monitoring (LPM) instrument was used to document the learning curves of second- and third-grade students in mental computation of mixed addition and subtraction tasks up to 100 over a 34-week period in the 2020/2021 school year. In addition to providing a quantitative overview of learning progress, the study presents a validated LPM instrument for empirical analysis regarding learning curves in mental computation as well as meaningful reference data for comparing individual learning growth. The results illustrate the added value of regular learning assessments with LPM instruments for early identification of children at risk in computatoin as well as the consequential need for the provision of individualized learning opportunities in mathematics education.
Anderson, S., Schurig, M., Sommerhoff, D., & Gebhardt, M. (2022). Students’ learning growth in mental addition and subtraction: Results from a learning progress monitoring approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 944702. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.944702