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Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairéad; McMahon, Áine – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2013
Quite a bit of the arithmetic in elementary school contains elements of algebraic reasoning. After researching and testing a number of instructional strategies with Irish third graders, these authors found effective methods for cultivating a relational concept of equality in third-grade students. Understanding equality is fundamental to algebraic…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Algebra
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Sun, Wei; Zhang, Joanne Y. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents an issue that arises in every country: How can teachers best help children master basic addition and subtraction facts? Discusses how this is handled in China and highlights the impact that language has on how children think about numbers. (KHR)
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Computation