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ERIC Number: EJ338718
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Teaching "What to Do" in Arithmetic vs. Teaching "What to Do and Why."
Burns, Marilyn
Educational Leadership, v43 n7 p34-38 Apr 1986
Outlines one teacher's questioning of the understanding of computational processes by her students in mathematics class. Points out the importance of teaching the context of meaning and its application in mathematics. (MD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Teachers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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