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BL
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976865
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b731235
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Orton, Anthony.
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| Title & Author
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Insights into teaching mathematics /\ Anthony Orton and Leonard Frobisher.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Continuum,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Continuum studies in mathematics education
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Introduction to education
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1 online resource (ix, 192 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0826477488
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: 1281294497
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: 1441155236
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: 1847144489
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: 661129449X
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: 9780826477484
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: 9781281294494
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: 9781441155238
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: 9781847144485
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: 9786611294496
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0826477488
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-184) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Foreword; Preface; 1 The mathematics curriculum; 2 Learning mathematics; 3 Problems and investigations; 4 An investigative approach to learning; 5 Language and mathematics; 6 Representation and symbolism; 7 The topic approach; 8 Learning and teaching number; 9 Learning and teaching elementary algebra; 10 Learning and teaching shape and space; 11 Learning and teaching data handling; 12 Assessing mathematical attainment; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.
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| Abstract
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Providing essential guidance and background information about teaching mathematics, this book is intended particularly for teachers who do not regard themselves as specialists in mathematics. It deals with issues of learning and teaching, including the delivery of content and the place of problems and investigations. Difficulties which pupils encounter in connection with language and symbols form important sections of the overall discussion of how to enhance learning. The curriculum is considered in brief under the headings of number, algebra, shape and space, and data handling, and special att.
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Mathematics-- Study and teaching-- Great Britain.
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MATHEMATICS-- Study Teaching.
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Mathematics-- Study and teaching.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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510/.71
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| LC Classification
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QA14.G7O77 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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Frobisher, L. J.
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