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L'Infini, un Ensemble de Nombres? Enquete aupres de Futurs Enseignants et Enseignantes (Infinity, a Collection of Numbers? Investigation by Future Students).
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Mura, Roberta; Maurice, Louise – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
This study investigates the use of infinities and limits during the first 12 years of schooling while a secondary study presents ideas and comments on the observations that were made during the primary study. (MVL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Limits (Mathematics), Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
The Number-Line Metaphor in the Discourse of a Textbook Series.
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Herbst, Patricio – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
Reviews and analyzes the number-line metaphor in textbooks. Presents examples to show a way to produce an internal critique of mathematical textbooks, a critique that targets the practices in which the notions are involved within the text. Presents the number-line metaphor as the horizon and the tiller of all the enlargements of the notion of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Metaphors
A Proposed Framework for Examining Basic Number Sense.
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McIntosh, Alistair; And Others – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1992
Proposes a framework that identifies the components of number sense and the attributes of students who possess it. Discusses various aspects of three areas where number sense plays a key role: number concepts, operations with numbers, and applications of number and operation. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics