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ERIC Number: EJ543625
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1073-5836
Place Value as the Key To Teaching Decimal Operations.
Sowder, Judith
Teaching Children Mathematics, v3 n8 p448-53 Apr 1997
Addresses the importance of making sure students clearly understand decimal numbers and their names. Discusses decimal notation and how students can be helped to construct meaning for decimal numbers to aid them in developing a sense for the sizes of decimal numbers. Concludes with two action research ideas. (AIM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Basic Skills, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Curriculum, Measurement, Numbers, Place Value
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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