2018
DOI: 10.1177/0731948718790089
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Using the Concrete–Representational–Abstract Sequence to Teach Conceptual Understanding of Basic Multiplication and Division

Abstract: To meet increasingly complex mathematics standards in late elementary school, students must conceptually understand and be fluent in the operations of multiplication and division. This includes understanding the operations' inverse relation. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of alternating concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) multiplication and division instruction on students' mastery of unknown facts and on their conceptual understanding. Fourth through sixth-grade students with lea… Show more

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“…Students associate previously formed representations with symbols. At this stage, education builds on conceptual understanding and develops procedural knowledge and fluency (Milton et al, 2019). Once students have mastered solving problems with numbers only, the focus in mathematics education is on spontaneity and accuracy, which is the common approach in mathematics education.…”
Section: Concrete-representational-abstract (Cra)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Students associate previously formed representations with symbols. At this stage, education builds on conceptual understanding and develops procedural knowledge and fluency (Milton et al, 2019). Once students have mastered solving problems with numbers only, the focus in mathematics education is on spontaneity and accuracy, which is the common approach in mathematics education.…”
Section: Concrete-representational-abstract (Cra)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…So that the teaching method using the CRA (concrete-representationabstract) sequence is considered effective. The CRA (concrete-representation-abstract) sequence is adapted from the Bruner stage in Milton which describes three stages, namely enactive, iconic and symbolic [24]. The enactive step is the steps where students are directly involved with the object of manipulation.…”
Section: Somentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The CRA model is advantageous for the development of number fluency (Jones & Tiller, 2017). CRA is an effective strategy for students that struggle with mathematical fluency, since the concrete and representational components support procedural knowledge as part of the abstract stage (Agrawal & Morin, 2016;Miller & Kaffar, 2011;Milton et al, 2019). Additionally, since the abstract stage in CRA focuses on the completion of a task, students are best supported when they are exposed to the mathematical notation along with a math problem in the concrete and representational stages (Flores, 2010).…”
Section: Concrete Manipulativesmentioning
confidence: 99%