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Title:

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

Publisher:

SAGE,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

viii, 166 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Number concept in children.
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Number concept--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Mathematical ability in children.

Other Authors:

Cockburn, Anne.
Littler, G. H.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

9781847874412 (pbk.)
184787441X (pbk.)
1847874401 (hbk.)
9781847874405 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)228362976

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)