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Talton, Carolyn – Illinois Mathematics Teacher, 1997
Illustrates how upper elementary grade students can develop an understanding of the invert-and-multiply algorithm. (CCM)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Fractions
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Henry, Boyd – Arithmetic Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Decimal Fractions, Elementary School Mathematics
Victoria Education Dept. (Australia). – 1965
This guide continues instruction of the three guides in SE 012 723 and of the two guides included in SE 012 724. Counting skills, appreciation of pattern and order, and understanding of place value are extended to numbers up to one million, and the associative, commutative and distributive laws are made explicit. Manipulation of equations is…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Curriculum, Curriculum Guides
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Wassmansdorf, M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1974
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
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
Brinker, Laura – 1997
This paper describes how a target group of seven students in a combined fourth and fifth grade mathematics class used structured representations to solve fraction problems situated within various realistic contexts. Emphasis is given to the ways in which students' thinking about rational number concepts influences and is influenced by the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Dahlberg, Cecilia, Ed. – 1989
This paper describes the BUD project which surveyed childrens' conceptions of division, and of fractions and decimals. The lack of connection between counting skills and conceptual understanding is discussed. The expectations for new algorithms and the basic idea in planning the BUD project are summarized. Some previous studies on counting, the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Cheek, Helen – 1981
Bilingual mathematics competencies and competency-coordinated activities are provided in the four sections of this curriculum guide for kindergarten (pre-operational) and grades 1-3 (concrete-operational) children. Topic areas for kindergarten include: classification (logic); comparing/ordering/graphing; quantitative; measurement; geometry;…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Bilingual Education Programs, Classification
Suydam, Marilyn N.; Dessart, Donald J. – 1976
This booklet was written to provide elementary-school teachers with an overview of some of the research results related to the development of computational skills, together with ideas for classroom activities which have grown out of research projects. The booklet is organized into twelve sections, the first of which is devoted to delineating the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Computation