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Giordano, Gerard – Academic Therapy, 1987
Ten remedial mathematics exercises are provided for children who have failed to integrate or apply their math skills. The exercises provide remediation through systematic experimentation, rather than abstract drills, by using number-configuration distinction with blocks, fractioned candy bars, decimal match sticks, graphed pictures, etc. (JDD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Elkind, David – 1998
This paper asserts that any intellectually responsible program to instruct young children in math, science, and technology must overcome at least three seemingly insurmountable obstacles: (1) adults' inability to discover, either by reflection or analysis, the means by which children acquire science and technology concepts; (2) the fact that young…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Learning Motivation