Research into Practice: Concrete Materials and Teaching for Mathematical Understanding.

Thompson, Patrick W.; Lambdin, Diana

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Publication Date: 1994

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Research into Practice: Concrete Materials and Teaching for Mathematical Understanding.

Thompson, Patrick W.; Lambdin, Diana

Arithmetic Teacher, v41 n9 p556-58 May 1994

Discusses the role of concrete materials in teaching for understanding, including research on the use of concrete materials, seeing mathematical ideas embodied in them, and identifying what teachers want students to understand. (Contains 16 references.) (MKR)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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