Early Arithmetic
Strategies
Strategies
The ability to recite numbers in the correct order from memory
What is Rote Counting
The term used when counting a sequence such as 10, 20, 30, 40 etc
What is Counting On the Decade
Division can also be understood as repeated...?
What is Subtraction
The Van Hiele level where a child focuses on the combination of parts of a shape, like sides, lengths and angles, but the parts are not related
What is Level 1: Analysis
The amount of 3D space that an object takes up and is measured in m3
What is Volume
A child who may know something about numbers, but can't count a collection of items
What is an Emergent Counter
The process of carrying out arithmetic calculations without the aid of external devices
What is Mental Computation
Part of the CPA framework used to guide teaching and mathematical concepts that focuses on symbols and words
What is Abstract
A solid that has one polygonal base joined by three triangular faces
What is a Pyramid
Two or more fractions that have the same proportions, but expressed differently
What is Equivalence
A learning tool that uses subitising to show different patterns and combinations of numbers
What is a Ten Frame
An additive strategy where only one of the numbers is partitioned
What is the Jump Method
Also known as rhythmic counting, where the child counts by ones and puts an emphasis on the last number in that group
What is Stress Counting
A special type of quadrilateral that has sides that are all the same size, however it does not contain right angles
What is a Rhombus
A fraction in which the numerator (top number) is greater than or equal to the denominator (bottom number).
What is an Improper Fraction
Temporarily rounding a number to a decade to make a calculation more simple
What is the Compensation Method
A pictorial device that aids in children seeing a pattern when counting by tens
What is a Hundreds Chart
A child that is able to use the composite units in the process of repeated addition
What is Repeated Abstract Composite Units
Lines that cross at right angles
What is Perpendicular
The name given to the number that shows up the most in a graph
What is the Mode
An element of the Learning Progressions that contains topics such as additive strategies, quantifying numbers, interpreting fractions and operating with decimals
What is Numbers Sense and Algebra
Money is a real world example of this type of place value model
What is a Non-Proportional model
A type of division where you know how many in each group, but not how many groups
What is Quotitioning
Altering or transforming an image by sliding it across a plane
What is a Translation
The framework used to analyse data, represented by it's initials
Clue: (5 initials)
What is GOSCS
Graph, Outliers, Shape, Centre, Spread