9.1 BASIC MATH 46 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

What statement most accurately describes a person who has mastered basic facts? A) He or she can use a model or a picture to figure out the answer to a basic fact problem. B) He or she has a conceptual understanding of the basic facts and can access her background knowledge to, with some time, figure out the answer to a basic fact problem. C) He or she has obtained a set of essential understandings and progressed through a set of stages so that she just "knows" the answers to certain basic fact problems. D) He or she can use a set of manipulatives and reasoning to figure out the answer to a basic fact problem. - ️️Answer: C) He or she has obtained a set of essential understandings and progressed through a set of stages so that she just "knows" the answers to certain basic fact problems. Three developmental phases for learning the basic facts are identified below. Which one is the initial phase? A) Drawing strategies. B) Counting strategies. C) Mastery. D) Reasoning strategies. - ️️Answer: B) Counting strategies. Despite the fact that many learners in the past learned basic facts from memorization, there is strong evidence that this may not be the most effective strategy for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: A) Many facts to memorize, and it's an inefficient process. B) When facts are memorized, students are less likely to check their work. C) Counting by ones is inefficient, students delay developing efficient reasoning strategies. D) Students are motivated when they are assessed with timed tests. - ️️Answer: D) Students are motivated when they are assessed with timed tests.