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Developing number sense; progression in the middle years.


9781847061256

Developing number sense; progression in the middle years.

Anghileri, Julia.

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  • Continuum (theory), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes or "discontinuities"
 Publishing Group

2007

157 pages

$130.00

Hardcover

QA141

Whether as the result of the wide introduction of calculators and computers or shifts in ideas about getting children to solve problems rather than perform drills, thinking about mathematics teaching has changed substantially and often in the past few years. Here Anghileri gives teachers ways to help children make sense of numbers and approach problems with a set of strategies for calculating answers. With dozens of samples of ways to present materials (along with their theoretical and pedagogical ped·a·gog·ic   also ped·a·gog·i·cal
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pedagogy.

2. Characterized by pedantic formality: a haughty, pedagogic manner.
 underpinnings) and examples from exams (both good and bad), she shows how children can learn to understand numbers and make sense of operations, develop additive additive

In foods, any of various chemical substances added to produce desirable effects. Additives include such substances as artificial or natural colourings and flavourings; stabilizers, emulsifiers, and thickeners; preservatives and humectants (moisture-retainers); and
 and multiplicative mul·ti·pli·ca·tive  
adj.
1. Tending to multiply or capable of multiplying or increasing.

2. Having to do with multiplication.



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 thinking, calculate with measures, work with decimals, use functions with fractions and percentages appropriately, and solve problems with numbers. This also should work very well in teacher training.

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