Taluppfattning a?r betydelsefullt fo?r att elever ska fo?rsta? tal och tals relationer. Ett av skolans viktigaste uppdrag a?r bland annat att utveckla god taluppfattning hos eleven. Forskning har visat att tidig utveckling av taluppfattning bidrar till god prestation i matematik.

This paper is a literature review that examines how good mental calculation skills benefit pupils, which could work as a valuable learning tool for future teachers. The study addresses four key questions: ?What are the advantages of proficient mental calculations??, ?What strategies exist for mental calculation skills??, ?How can teachers accommodate their teaching to develop pupils? mental calculation skills?? and ?What has arithmetic looked like in different eras and what algorithms have been used??. Through literature searches in search engines, scientific articles were found, which formed the basis for the result segment. This was divided into two parts: A historical and a didactic overview.