Many educators now believe that algorithms such as long division are simply a series of rote rules that do not involve any “concepts,” so students should invent their own algorithms instead of ...

With the help of Pascual-Leone's Theory of Constructive Operators, this study investigated the hypothesis that understanding of the long division algorithm requires a higher cognitive level, or ...

I closed my recent post, So Long, Long Division, by asking you to either join me in acknowledging that long division is a meaningless math procedure or to share reasons students should learn long ...

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan., 2005), pp. 44-73 (30 pages) Students' strategies for solving long division problems under a realistic mathematics approach (RME) at ...

With the possible exception of fractions, no elementary math topic or skill stresses students out more than long division does. And it’s so unnecessary--not just the stress, but the skill. Think about ...

During my presentation, I asked my colleagues to do a long division problem... I asked them to say the steps out loud in their native language tas they worked the problem. I then gave them another ...