03002nam 22005055 450 991014869320332120221212044932.01-4426-5470-81-4426-5279-910.3138/9781442652798(CKB)3710000000922507(MiAaPQ)EBC4730256(DE-B1597)479364(OCoLC)992541722(DE-B1597)9781442652798(OCoLC)1353743222(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107427(EXLCZ)99371000000092250720170630d2017 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCounting and Measuring An Approach to Number Education in the Infant School /Eileen ChurchillToronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]©19611 online resource (242 pages) illustrations, tablesHeritage1-4426-3914-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Plates -- Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter One. About Caroline and Others -- Chapter Two. The Beginnings of Numbering -- Chapter Three. The Growth of Number Systems -- Chapter Four. The Beginnings of Understanding -- Chapter Five. The Origins of Symbolism -- Chapter Six. From the Concrete to the Abstract -- Chapter Seven. From Comparison to Measurement -- Chapter Eight. From Counting to Calculation -- Chapter Nine. An Exploration of Space -- Chapter Ten. The Role of the Teacher -- Bibliography -- IndexThe teaching of numbers in the primary grades is seen in this book as the foundation of the beginnings of mathematical understanding. Mathematics is taken to be a language, and the aim of its teaching is to make the pupil, so to speak, bilingual, or so to increase his understanding that he is able to translate a concrete numerical problem into the symbolic language of calculation. For a child taught along these lines, how much easier, for example, would be the transition from arithmetic to algebra!Miss Churchill is fully conversant with the works of Piaget, Cuisenaire, Cassirer and other leading thinkers in educational philosophy, psychology, and linguistics. She has synthesized their concepts with her own experience and research at Leeds University, and, though written within the contexts of British education, her book should also have a marked influence on the teaching of young children in North America.ArithmeticStudy and teaching (Elementary)Number conceptArithmeticStudy and teaching (Elementary)Number concept.372.7Churchill Eileen957039DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910148693203321Counting and Measuring2167731UNINA