The teaching of arithmetic in theory and practice, including the beginnings of algebra and geometry
Publisher: Sidwick & Jackson
Published: 1922
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Arithmetic; Study and teaching; History
Description: An examination of the aims and the generally accepted methods of teaching arithmetic; a discussion of the psychology of the fundamental processes, with suggestions for a scheme of work.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [136].
Table of contents: title: The reasons for including mathematics as a subject in the school curriculum; title: The beginnings of number knowledge; title: Matter and method; title: addition and subtraction; title: Multiplication; title: Division; title: Fractions, ordinary and decimal; title: Weights and measures; title: Proportion, square root, "practice," graphs, problems; title: Number stories and games, apparatus, corrections; title: Domestic and camp arithmetic; title: The extension of arithmetic. The beginning of algebra; title: The extension of arithmetic continued. The beginning of geometry; title: Syllabus of arithmetic.