Elementary School Mathematics: A Word of Caution and a Question.

Fletcher, Robert F.

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Publication Date: 1972

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Elementary School Mathematics: A Word of Caution and a Question

Fletcher, Robert F.

Arithmetic Teacher, 19, 8, 645-647, Dec 72

Illustrations of the misuse of the associative property in elementary school texts are given; the question is raised as to the appropriateness of stressing the commutative and associative properties at the elementary level. (DT)

Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Education, Modern Mathematics, Number Concepts

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