Hughes, Martin,

Children and number : difficulties in learning mathematics / Martin Hughes. - Oxford [Oxfordshire], UK ; New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell, 1986 - xi, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Foreword: Margaret Donaldson. Introduction. 1. What is the Problem? 2. Piaget under Attack. 3. Addition and Subtraction before School. 4. What's so Hard About Two and Two. 5. Children's Invention of Written Arithmetic. 6. The Written Number Systems of Other Cultures. 7. Understanding the Written Symbolism of Arithmetic. 8. Children's Difficulties in School. 9. Learning through Number Games. 10. Learning with LOGO. 11. A New Approach to Number. References. Index.

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Number concept in children.
Mathematical ability in children--Study and teaching.

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