Mathematical Misconceptions
eBook - ePub

Mathematical Misconceptions

A Guide for Primary Teachers

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mathematical Misconceptions

A Guide for Primary Teachers

About this book

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 taught mathematics as children plays a big role in our feelings towards it. Numbers play a large part in our lives, and it is therefore beneficial to inspire a positive attitude towards them at a young age.

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.

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Yes, you can access Mathematical Misconceptions by Anne D Cockburn, Graham Littler, Anne D Cockburn,Graham Littler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Elementary Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781847874412, 9781847874405
eBook ISBN
9781446243992
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Elementary Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of figures
  6. List of pictures
  7. List of tables
  8. Introduction
  9. 0 Zero: understanding an apparently paradoxical number
  10. 1 Equality: getting the right balance
  11. 2 Beginning to unravel misconceptions
  12. 3 Insights into children’s intuitions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
  13. 4 Right or wrong? Exploring misconceptions in division
  14. 5 Developing an understanding of children’s acquisition of number concepts
  15. 6 Highlighting the learning processes
  16. 7 Everyday numbers under a mathematical magnifying glass
  17. Appendix
  18. Index