Visualizing: Playing Powerfully with Numbers.

Chartres, Mike

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ERIC Number: EJ541735

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Visualizing: Playing Powerfully with Numbers.

Chartres, Mike

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, v1 n1 p22-27 Aug 1996

Hypothesizes that exploring the mathematical ideas behind mathematical terms enables children to gain insight into the structure of a number system and provides a basis for powerful playing with this structure. Describes visualizing mathematical ideas for exploring aspects of mathematics. Offers rectangular numbers to link and explore structures within the number system. (PVD)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Materials, Mathematics Skills, Number Systems, Primary Education, Symbolic Learning, Teaching Methods, Visual Learning, Visualization, Word Problems (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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