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Peer reviewedComiti, Claude; Bessot, Annie – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1987
Teaching sequences designed to develop strategies for comparing numerals in grade two (in France) were analyzed. Children's strategies were noted, and an experiment confirmed underlying misconceptions concerning number. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Error Patterns
Palmer, Don; And Others – 1994
This manual is a dictionary of some 150 errors made by students in their work in mathematics. A precise definition and examples are given for each of these errors and these, combined with a description of common causes of the error, form a background for diagnosis of student problems with arithmetic. Teaching strategies and ideas, each linked to a…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Palmer, Don; And Others – 1994
This book provides a comprehensive collection of 66 teaching strategies and ideas to help overcome problems with number, each linked to a specific kind of error described in the related manual. Most of these strategies are classroom-ready and easily implemented. Some are notes for the teacher to read and then plan activities accordingly, and many…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
