Little Children, Big Mathematics : Learning and Teaching in the Pre-School / Herbert P. Ginsburg.

We examined elementary school teachers' justifications to number- theoretical "for all" propositions and existence propositions, some of which are true while others are false. We also assessed whether teachers regarded their justifications as mathematical proofs. About half of the teachers produced...

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Main Author: Ginsburg, Herbert
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2002.
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Physical Description:13 pages
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