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Battista, Michael; Clements, Douglas H. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Describes typical student strategies for counting cubes in cube buildings and explains why these problems are difficult for students. Suggests instructional tasks that can help students develop more powerful ways of thinking about such problems. Lists two action research ideas related to this issue. (ASK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Computation, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies
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Thompson, Charles S.; Walker, Vicki – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Describes common misconceptions with decimals and suggests activities that can strengthen connections between decimal concepts and fractions, place value, and physical models, such as the number line. Encourages reasoning, communicating, and problem solving. (TO)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
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Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2000
Describes young children's thinking about geometric shapes and discusses implications for teaching and learning. (KHR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
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Castle, Marrietta; Lewis, Cathie – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Describes grade-appropriate weekly activities designed to appeal directly to students by giving them open-ended questions. Activities may be worked on individually, in pairs, or in small groups. This particular set of activities focuses on stories from literature involving measurement, earning money, marketing a product, and setting up a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes
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Fox, Thomas B. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2000
Examines the levels of geometric reasoning commonly exhibited by primary school students, namely visualization, analysis, and informal deduction. Describes open-ended tasks that can be conducted in small groups or in a whole group setting. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Geometric Concepts
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Cline, Laura J. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Describes using children's and adults' natural curiosity when it comes to bubbles as a perfect vehicle for investigating geometry, data analysis, and measurement. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curiosity, Data Analysis, Elementary Education
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Cloke, Gayle; Ewing, Nola; Stevens, Dory – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents activities providing a cultural journey through history that allow children to understand that many mathematicians have contributed mathematical thoughts and ideas. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Mathematicians, Mathematics Activities
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Behrend, Jean L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Demonstrates the consequences of teaching rules without understanding using examples from two 3rd grade children. Suggests alternative instructional strategies. (KHR)
Descriptors: Computation, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Grade 3
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Willis, Jody Kenny; Johnson, Aostre N. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Explores how to use Gardner's Multiple Intelligence theory to help students' master multiplication. Focuses on helping children use their different intelligence strength to attain conceptual understanding of multiplication, develop their own thinking strategies for harder facts, and build mastery through practice and problem solving. (KHR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Calculators, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
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Fraivillig, Judith – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents a framework for incorporating classroom strategies that advance children's thinking through eliciting student responses, supporting conceptual understanding, and extending children's mathematical thinking. (KHR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Instructional Design
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Lang, Frances Kuwahara – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Investigates how teachers can build student understanding of what constitutes a reasonable estimate. Includes activities to develop quantity and measurement estimation. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
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Hynes, Mary Ellen; Dixon, Juli K.; Adams, Thomasenia Lott – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2002
Highlights activities that develop conceptual understanding of mathematics topics. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities
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Fuson, Karen C.; Grandau, Laura; Sugiyama, Patricia A. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Discusses mastery goals and developmental levels of students aged 3-7 for learning numbers in informal situations. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education
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Naylor, Michael; Naylor, Pamela – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents a classroom activity in which students build and learn to use their own abacuses. Describes the lesson that combines mathematics, art, and social studies. (KHR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computation, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
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Taylor-Cox, Jennifer – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Examines methods and types of estimation. Characterizes fruitful in-class estimation tasks by exploring the validity and possible extensions of "marble jar" estimation. (KHR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computation, Concept Formation, Elementary Education