Mathematical Misconceptions: a Guide for Primary Teachers

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As a secondary teacher of mathematics I've found this a remarkable insight into the student's thinking - giving me clear background information to help me think about my classes and their misconceptions and how I could help the children develop their thinking' - Association of Teachers of Mathematics. How do children relate to numbers and mathematics? How can they be helped to understand and make sense of them? People are rarely ambivalent towards mathematics, having either a love or hate relat…

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Full title :Mathematical Misconceptions : a Guide for Primary Teachers.

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Publication Date:2008.

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Publisher(s):SAGE Publications Ltd
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

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Description:1 online resource (177 pages)

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ISBN:9780857029478, 0857029479, 9781847874412, 184787441X, 9781446243992, 1446243990, 9781446269121, 1446269124
oclc:ocn781331234
LC Classification:QA135.6
Dewey Decimal:372.7044

Cover; Contents; List of figures; List of pictures; List of tables; Introduction; 0 Zero: understanding an apparently paradoxical number; 1 Equality: getting the right balance; 2 Beginning to unravel misconceptions; 3 Insights into children's intuitions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; 4 Right or wrong? Exploring misconceptions in division; 5 Developing an understanding of children's acquisition of number concepts; 6 Highlighting the learning processes; 7 Everyday numbers under a mathematical magnifying glass; Appendix; Index.