Mathematical Misconceptions : A Guide for Primary Teachers
Book Details
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 28 days
With contributors comprised of teachers, teacher educators, mathematicians and psychologists, Mathematical Misconceptions brings together information about pupils′ work from four different countries, and looks at how children, from the ages of 3 - 11, think about numbers and use them. It explores the reasons for their successes, misunderstandings and misconceptions, while also broadening the reader′s own mathematical knowledge. Chapters explore:
- the seemingly paradoxical number zero
- the concept of equality
- children′s perceptions and misconceptions of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing
- the learning process
-the ways in which children acquire number concepts.
This unique book will transform the way in which primary school teachers think about mathematics. Fascinating reading for anyone working with children of this age, it will be of particular interest to teachers, trainee teachers and teaching assistants. It will show them how to engage children in the mysteries and delights of numbers.
Get Mathematical Misconceptions by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Sage Publications Ltd and it has pages.
