Teaching and Learning About Whole Numbers in Primary School

• Main Authors: Nunes, Terezinha (Author), Dorneles, Beatriz Vargas (Author), Lin, Pi-Jen (Author), Rathgeb-Schnierer, Elisabeth (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: ICME-13 Topical Surveys,
• Subjects: Education.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Teaching.; Mathematics Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

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 f...

Table of Contents:

• Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey”
• Introduction
• Survey on the State-of-the-art
• Summary and Looking Ahead.