DEVELOPING NUMERACY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. ERROR PATTERNS IN ADDITION
DEVELOPING NUMERACY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. ERROR PATTERNS IN ADDITION
Author(s): Iuliana MarchişSubject(s): Psychology
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Mathematics teaching; primary school; numeracy; teaching addition; representations of addition.
Summary/Abstract: In this article we study error patterns related with the addition of natural numbers, and also methods of overcoming the identified mistakes. For the research 74 primary school teachers were asked to write down, which kind of error patterns related with addition they have identified in their classroom, and how they tried to overcome these misconceptions and inaccurate procedures. Methods of representing addition and mental arithmetic strategies are presented, too.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Psychologia-Paedagogia
- Issue Year: 54/2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 143-150
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
