Teaching and Learning about Whole Numbers in Primary School

by Terezinha Nunes, Beatriz Vargas Dorneles, Pi-Jen Lin

This book offers a theory for the analysis of how children learn and are taught about whole numbers. Two meanings of numbers are distinguished - the analytical meaning, defined by the number system, and the representational meaning, identified by the use of numbers as conventional signs that stand for quantities. This framework makes it possible to compare different approaches to making numbers meaningful in the classroom and contrast the outcomes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331945112X
• ISBN13: 9783319451121
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 50 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"