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You Could Never Find This in a Shop!: Using Measurement Skills to Make Pencil Cases
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Goral, Mary Barr; Gilderbloom, Patty – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2008
Measurement is a mathematics skill students encounter often in their daily lives. The act of measuring involves the use of concrete, hands-on materials that students find engaging and appealing. According to Martinie (2004), the best way to teach measurement "is to find or create situations in which students need to measure and let them…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Grade 5, Foreign Countries, Primary Education
How Do You Subtract?
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Brinkworth, Peter – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 1998
Compares methods of subtraction used by children and teachers. Suggests ways to encourage children to invent their own subtraction algorithms. (CCM)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Using Paper Folding, Fraction Walls, and Number Lines to Develop Understanding of Fractions for Students from Years 5-8
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Pearn, Catherine Ann – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2007
Several researchers have noted how children's whole number schemes can interfere with their efforts to learn fractions. An Australian study found that children who were successful with the solution of rational number tasks exhibited greater whole number knowledge and more flexible solution strategies. Behr and Post (1988) indicated that children…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Skills
Learning How To Be a Mathematician: "When We Go to University We Will Already Know This!"
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Frid, Sandra – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2000
Helping children become mathematicians is a valuable way to engage them with the power of mathematics. Describes an example with primary children and distance education. (ASK)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries