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Hunter, Jodie – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
In recent years there has been an increased emphasis on integrating the teaching of arithmetic and algebra in primary school classrooms. This requires teachers to develop links between arithmetic and algebra and use pedagogical actions that facilitate algebraic reasoning. Drawing on findings from a classroom-based study, this paper provides an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Delaney, Sean; Hsu, Hui-Yu; Mesa, Vilma – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2010
In this paper, we report on a comparison of the treatment of addition and subtraction of fractions in primary mathematics textbooks used in Cyprus, Ireland, and Taiwan. To this end, we use a framework specifically developed to investigate the learning opportunities afforded by the textbooks, particularly with respect to the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Subtraction