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Williams, Robert – Journal of Educational Research, 1971
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Kindergarten Children, Mathematics Curriculum
Middleton, James A.; Toluk, Zulbiye; de Silva, Teruni; Mitchell, Wendy – 2001
This study investigates the development of 5th grade children's understanding of quotient and the classroom norms and practices that constrain or enable that understanding. It reports not only how the children's understandings develop, but also why and under what conditions they develop. The results of this study indicate that children progressed…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Division
Brenner, Mary E. – 1989
Children's nonschool learning provides a foundation for school instruction and problem-solving. Examples of nonschool learning are taken from various cultures. This study examines what young children know about written numerals in their everyday environment, how they come to understand the meaning of written numerals, and how they use this…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Mathematics
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Cramer, Kathleen A.; Post, Thomas R.; delMas, Robert C. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2002
Contrasts student achievement using commercial curricula (CC) for initial fraction learning with that of using the Rational Number Project (RNP) fraction curriculum. Indicates that students using RNP materials had statistically higher mean scores on concepts, order, transfer, and estimation. Interview data showed differences in the quality of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Scheid, Karen – 1990
Based on suggestions of participants at the second annual Instructional Methods Forum held in June 1989, the monograph considers cognitive-based approaches to teaching mathematics to students with learning problems. It addresses identification of characteristics of successful cognitive approaches and the role of media and materials. An…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
Dunst, Carl J. – 1981
The paper describes an approach for identifying intervention strategies, techniques, procedures, and activities designed to enhance the developmental competencies of handicapped, mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, and at risk children (birth to 4 years of age). Curriculum procedures are classified according to domains of intervention and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Developmental Disabilities
Burton, Grace; And Others – 1991
The "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" (1989) provides a vision and a framework for revising and strengthening the K-12 mathematics curriculum in North American schools and for evaluating both the mathematics curriculum and students' progress. The document not only addresses what mathematics students should…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Burton, Grace; And Others – 1992
The "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" (1989) provides a vision and a framework for revising and strengthening the K-12 mathematics curriculum in North American schools and for evaluating both the mathematics curriculum and students' progress. The document not only addresses what mathematics students should…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Burton, Grace; And Others – 1992
The "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" (1989) provides a vision and a framework for revising and strengthening the K-12 mathematics curriculum in North American schools and for evaluating both the mathematics curriculum and students' progress. The document not only addresses what mathematics students should…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Burton, Grace; And Others – 1992
The "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" (1989) provides a vision and a framework for revising and strengthening the K-12 mathematics curriculum in North American schools and for evaluating both the mathematics curriculum and students' progress. The document not only addresses what mathematics students should…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Burton, Grace; And Others – 1991
The "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" (1989) provides a vision and a framework for revising and strengthening the K-12 mathematics curriculum in North American schools and for evaluating both the mathematics curriculum and students' progress. The document not only addresses what mathematics students should…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education