Research on Primary Arithmetic Fact Mastery for Elementary School Children Education in China: a Computerized Programming Model of Problem Building

Young children often show uneven patterns of competencies in mathematics and some of them cannot even master basic arithmetic facts. This study concerns the primary arithmetic fact mastery for elementary school children education in China by developing an auto problem building model. To do this, a well-defined programming algorithm was first proposed to construct three-term arithmetic operation facts including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, followed by construction of four-term hybrid combinations. The proposed algorithm was then implemented accordingly by Excel VBA to get a computerized system, which supports randomized operands, one-click building and customized settings. The results show that this model can be applied to the parents or experimenters to give their children routine education in a variety of exercise situations, which helps the school children become more expert at solving arithmetic calculations and perform better on standardized achievement tests.

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