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Improving mental arithmetic ability of primary school students with schema teaching method: An experimental study.

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¹College of Teacher Education, Hubei University of Education, Wuhan, China.

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Schema teaching significantly improved primary school students' mental arithmetic skills, boosting speed and accuracy. This innovative strategy enhances numerical ability and offers a potent approach for elementary mathematics education.

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Area of Science:

Educational Psychology
Cognitive Science
Mathematics Education

Background:

Primary school students often struggle with mental arithmetic, reverting to written methods mentally.
This hinders the development of genuine numerical computation ability.
Existing mental arithmetic strategies may not fully address cognitive limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate graphic teaching aids for primary school students' mental arithmetic improvement.
To investigate the effectiveness of schema teaching in enhancing mental arithmetic ability.
To provide an innovative teaching strategy for elementary mathematics.

Main Methods:

A controlled experiment involving two groups of third-grade students.
Development of graphic teaching aids based on mental arithmetic strategies, schema theory, and working memory.
Descriptive statistical analysis and the multitrait-multimethod approach (MTMM) were used for validation.

Main Results:

The experimental group (n=52) showed significant improvements in speed, accuracy, and stability in mental addition and subtraction.
Improvements were observed after a 14-day instruction period in schema teaching.
Schema teaching proved effective in enhancing mental arithmetic performance.

Conclusions:

Schema teaching, utilizing graphic aids, is a potent strategy for improving primary students' mental arithmetic.
This approach leads to a comprehensive enhancement of students' mental calculation abilities.
The study offers promising insights for innovative teaching methodologies in mathematics education.