Children's Mathematics 4-15: Learning from Errors and Misconceptions

by Julie Ryan and Julian Williams

The mistakes children make in mathematics are usually not just 'mistakes' - they are often intelligent generalizations from previous learning. Following several decades of academic study of such mistakes, the phrase 'errors and misconceptions' has recently entered the vocabulary of mathematics teacher education and has become prominent in the curriculum for initial teacher education. The popular view of children's errors and misconceptions is that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0335220428
• ISBN13: 9780335220427
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"