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Not all teachers are comfortable with using the technique of problem solving, which is an attempt to find the answer to a problem when the method of solution is not known. This research shows how...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Exciting ways young children use calculators. And no, calculators do not inhibit learning.
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
In four different countries, including our own, the same problems keep cropping up - children do not connect simple tasks, such as sharing, with the written fractions they meet in class. Research and...
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Methods of assessment are themselves assessed: norm based, mastery based and interview techniques have been researched. Problems with each are faced and alternatives discussed.
| Year published: 1991 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Lessons from Mrs A and Mrs P: Helping Children Understand the Formal Symbolic Language of Arithmetic
The way infant children learnt some new maths was matched with the way their teachers taught. The result is some more hints for the struggle of 'how to get it right.'
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A very carefully run experiment in Ballarat High School shows definite benefits for schools like Ballarat H.S. These benefits, and critical comments, are detailed.
| Year published: 1990 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
7/16ths, is it bigger or smaller than 8/17ths?
Fractions are notoriously difficult. Difficult to learn and difficult to teach. I have carried out, with help, some research which throws light on the...
| Year published: 1989 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Maths games are fun and engaging, but what messages do these games send to the students in our classrooms? During mathematics lessons children learn more than just mathematics content; they also come...
| Year published: 2021 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Research into mathematics education has highlighted that many students struggle to develop an appropriate understanding of the equals sign. When over 300 students at a large intermediate school were...
| Year published: 2003 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Free Full text: set2003_2_04.pdf | Content type: Set article
Six parents of Year 4–6 students at a rural primary school were interviewed to explore their perspectives on the mathematics education of their children.
| Year published: 2005 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article