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Peer reviewedBartek, Mary Marron – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Presents activities using the Three Pigs to increase students' understanding of addition and subtraction. Argues that addition and subtraction are something that students can view and participate in when using the Three Pigs instead of just the manipulation of numbers. (ASK)
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedWeinberg, Susan – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Describes second graders' responses to finding the sum of the numbers from 1 through 10 after reading the book, Ten Black Dots. Includes student work demonstrating their problem solving. (MKR)
Descriptors: Addition, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Grade 2
Peer reviewedHopkins, Martha H. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Presents an activity involving students in a research project with pictures like those commonly found in elementary school mathematics textbooks and workbooks to sharpen student appreciation of the need for standardized methods of data collection. Illustrates that several different interpretations of the operations of addition and subtraction are…
Descriptors: Addition, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedIsaacs, Andrew C.; Carroll, William M. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Most people recognize that children should learn basic facts, because knowing them is useful both in school and in real life outside the classroom. Describes a strategies approach to basic addition and subtraction-facts instruction, and discusses assessment techniques and a rationale for the approach. Contains 29 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Addition, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities
Peer reviewedNagel, Nancy G.; Swingen, Cynthia Carol – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Presents student comments as they explain their mathematical reasoning and thinking about place value in addition and subtraction. (ASK)
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBonsangue, Martin V.; Gannon, Gerald E.; Watson, Karen L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2000
Describes a mathematics lesson using digital sums that allows teachers to assess third grade students' understanding of reasoning, arithmetic, and geometry. (ASK)
Descriptors: Addition, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 3, Lesson Plans
