Mathematical misconceptions
Subtitle: a guide for primary teachers
By: edited by Anne D. Cockburn and Graham Littler.
Contributors: Cockburn, Anne.; Littler, G. H.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781847874405; 9781847874412
Subjects: Number concept in children; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Number concept -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Mathematical ability in children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Zero: understanding an apparently paradoxical number / Anne D. Cockburn and Paul Parslow-Williams; title: Equality: getting the right balance / Paul Parslow-Williams and Anne D. Cockburn; title: Beginning to unravel misconceptions / Sara Hershkovitz, Dina Tirosh and Pessia Tsamir; title: Insights into children's intuitions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division / Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir and Sara Hershkovitz; title: Right or wrong? Exploring misconceptions in division / Pessia Tsamir, Sarah Hershkovitz and Dina Tirosh; title: Developing an understanding of children's acquisition of number concepts / Anne D. Cockburn; title: Highlighting the learning processes / Graham Littler and Darina Jirotková; title: Everyday numbers under a mathematical magnifying glass / Carlo Marchini and Paola Vighi.