Learning to Apply Numbers to Nature.

Watson, Helen

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ERIC Number: EJ361665

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Learning to Apply Numbers to Nature.

Watson, Helen

Educational Studies in Mathematics, v18 n4 p339-57 Nov 1987

Discussed are the results of interviews with 63 Australian children (interviewed in English) and 62 Nigerian children (62 interviewed in English and 60 interviewed in Yoruba) to determine how they used number concepts in discussing five demonstrations manipulating physical matter. Differences between the two groups are considered. (RH)

Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Matter, Number Concepts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Nigeria

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