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Harrison, John – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2006
In this article, the author believes that a visual image of the number system is helpful to everyone, especially children, in understanding what is, after all, an abstract idea. The simplest model is the number line, a row of equally spaced numbers, starting at zero. This illustrates the continuous progression of the natural numbers, moving to the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Number Systems, Young Children, Models
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Roche, Anne – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2005
The author cites research from students' misconceptions of decimal notation that indicates that many students treat decimals as another whole number to the right of the decimal point. This "whole number thinking" leads some students to believe, in the context of comparing decimals, that "longer is larger" (for example, 0.45 is…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Number Concepts, Elementary School Mathematics, Arithmetic
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Flores, Alfinio; Turner, Erin E.; Bachman, Renee C. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2005
The way in which two teachers, Elizabeth and Carolyn, posed problems to develop their own conceptual understanding of division of fractions in terms that would also be meaningful for their students is described. Carolyn and Elizabeth's approach is to pose several problems of various degrees of difficulty and complexity for each aspect of the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Problem Solving, Sequential Learning, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Jarman, Ron – 1998
This book aims to present helpful, practical ideas and suggestions for mathematics teaching. Focus is on how teaching can be developed in a Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) School and includes treatment of mathematical topics applicable to the 7-14 age group. Suggestions for curriculum and examples for children to work on are presented with a very wide…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Kline, Kate; Flowers, Judy – 1998
This six month study investigated the similarities and differences between 137 fourth graders' understanding of and reasoning about multiplication, division, and proportion tasks. All students were administered a pretest mid-year and a posttest at the end of year. A sample of 18 students was interviewed individually on tasks involving reasoning…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Division, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Felter, S. A. – Scribner, Armstrong, and Co, 1868
This textbook is an illustrated table book rather than an elementary arithmetic book. Its object is to suggest things for pupils to do. While it is impossible in a work so small to do more than give suggestions, the teacher will find little difficulty in supplying the deficiency by the use of the blackboard. Although there is nothing in the book…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Arithmetic, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods
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Frank, Charlotte – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction
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Milne, Esther – Arithmetic Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids, Elementary School Mathematics
Tipton, Fern S.; Kingston, Neldon – 1977
Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to do long division to remainders. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Division, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
Tipton, Fern S.; Kingston, Neldon – 1976
Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to tell and compute time in terms of hours, minutes, and seconds. In addition to the basic time facts, the lessons cover carrying or borrowing with off-base-10 time facts, and…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
Kingston, Neldon – 1976
Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students the carrying process (regrouping) for addition. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and…
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children
Tipton, Fern S.; Kingston, Neldon – 1976
Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to tell and compute time in terms of years, months, weeks, and days. In addition to the basic time facts, the lessons cover carrying or borrowing with off-base-10 time facts, and…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
Tipton, Fern S.; Kingston, Neldon – 1976
Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students multiplication with multipliers of up to three digits. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
Kingston, Neldon – 1976
Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students borrowing (regrouping) in subtraction. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and accompanying tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
Tipton, Fern S.; Kingston, Neldon – 1976
Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students the principle of least common denominators in working with fractions. In addition to detailed teaching instructions, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be made into…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Fractions, Handicapped Children
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