Using Intuition from Everyday Life in 'Filling' the Gap in Children's Extension of Their Number Concept To Include the Negative Numbers.

Linchevski, Liora; Williams, Julian

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ERIC Number: EJ602430

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Publication Date: 1999

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Using Intuition from Everyday Life in 'Filling' the Gap in Children's Extension of Their Number Concept To Include the Negative Numbers.

Linchevski, Liora; Williams, Julian

Educational Studies in Mathematics, v39 n1-3 p131-47 1999

Reports on an instructional method designed to address the cognitive gaps in children's mathematical development where operational conceptions give rise to structural conceptions. Describes two experiments in teaching integers and conceptualizes modeling as the transformation of outside-school knowledge into school mathematics. (Contains 28 references.) (Author/ASK)

Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Intuition, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Transfer of Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue: Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Context.