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Direct linkReed, Michelle K.; Smith, Jeffrey P. – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2005
This article discusses an approach designed for mathematics educators. Maria Montessori intended this knowledge to be shared with other teachers, increasing the Montessori community's understanding of children's thinking. A group of Montessorians has even tried to formalize this process with a program called Teachers' Research Network. Similarly,…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Subtraction, Mathematics Education, Action Research
Bronsil, Matt – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2005
This article discusses how children learn to understand the decimal system in very concrete ways, while having fun using beads. When counting the beads, the children learn 5,491 is not simply "five thousand four hundred and ninety-one" but actually 5 thousands, 4 hundreds, 9 tens, and 1 unit. They begin to understand that as they get 10 units,…
Descriptors: Computation, Arithmetic, Play, Young Children
