title: Improving basic math skills through integrated dynamic representation strategies.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In this paper, we analyze the effectiveness of the Integrated Dynamic Representation strategy (IDR) to develop basic math skills.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study involved 72 students, aged between 6 and 8 years. We compared the development of informal basic skills (numbers, comparison, informal calculation, and informal concepts) and formal (conventionalisms, number facts, formal calculus, and formal concepts) in an experimental group (n = 35) where we applied the IDR strategy and in a Control group (n = 37) in order to identify the impact of the procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The experimental group improved significantly in all variables except for number facts and formal calculus.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It can therefore be concluded that IDR favors the development of the skills more closely related to applied mathematics than those related to automatic mathematics and mental arithmetic.
authors: Universidad de Oviedo.
authors: Paloma
authors: P
authors: González-Castro
authors: Marisol
authors: M
authors: Cueli
authors: Lourdes
authors: L
authors: Cabeza
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Álvarez-García
authors: Celestino
authors: C
authors: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics / Q000193:education*