Cockburn, Anne

Mathematical misconceptions : a guide for primary teachers / edited by Anne D. Cockburn and Graham Littler. - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2008. - viii, 166 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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

QA135.6 / .M3755 2008

372.7