NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Díez-Palomar, Javier – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
In this paper, dialogue among a group of adult women with basic adult education is examined. Women read books of mathematics in the context of a "dialogic mathematics gathering" (DMG). There is limited evidence in research on how adults develop their 'numerical understanding'. The objective of this study is to analyze how adults engage…
Descriptors: Females, Critical Thinking, Adult Basic Education, Numeracy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Thanheiser, Eva; Melhuish, Kathleen – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
Prospective elementary school teachers (PTs) come to their mathematics courses fluent in using procedures for adding and subtracting multidigit whole numbers, but many are unaware of the essential features inherent in understanding the base-ten place-value system (i.e., grouping, place value, base). Understanding these features is crucial to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Number Concepts, Number Systems