Mathematical misconceptions

Mathematical misconceptions: a guide for primary teachers

by Cockburn, Anne Littler, G. H.

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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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Title Statements

  • Full title :Mathematical misconceptions : a guide for primary teachers / edited by Anne D. Cockburn and Graham Littler.

Summary

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 relationship with the subject, and our approach to it is influenced by a variety of factors. How we are ta.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):SAGE
  • Place of Publication:Los Angeles
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 166 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780857029478, 0857029479, 9781446269121, 1446269124
  • oclc:ocn607794054
  • LC Classification:QA135.6
  • Dewey Decimal:372.7

Table of Contents

Zero: understanding an apparently paradoxical number / Anne D. Cockburn and Paul Parslow-Williams -- Equality: getting the right balance / Paul Parslow-Williams and Anne D. Cockburn -- Beginning to unravel misconceptions / Sara Hershkovitz, Dina Tirosh and Pessia Tsamir -- Insights into children's intuitions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division / Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir and Sara Hershkovitz -- Right or wrong? Exploring misconceptions in division / Pessia Tsamir, Sarah Hershkovitz and Dina Tirosh -- Developing an understanding of children's acquisition of number concepts / Anne D. Cockburn -- Highlighting the learning processes / Graham Littler and Darina Jirotková -- Everyday numbers under a mathematical magnifying glass / Carlo Marchini and Paola Vighi.

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Subjects

Anfangsunterricht Aptitude pour les mathématiques chez l'… Aufsatzsammlung Concept de nombre -- Étude et enseignem… Concept de nombre chez l'enfant EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materia… Mathematical ability in children Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elem… Mathematikunterricht Number concept -- Study and teaching (E… Number concept in children

Writers

Cockburn, Anne Littler, G. H.

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