Abstract: Arithmetic is universally accepted as one of the fundamentals which must be taught to American school children. Yet certain aspects of the teaching of arithmetic have given teachers a great deal of concern. Petty found that, “Complaints concerning the child's lack of ability to solve problems dealing with quantitative situations come from many quarters.” 1 Clark and Eads indicated that the difficulty children have with problem-solving lies in their lack of ability to sec the various relationships involved in t he problem situation. 2 In What Does Research Say About Arithntetic? Glennon and Hunnicutt suggest that inability to estimate reasonable answers is a difficulty. 3
Publication Year: 1961
Publication Date: 1961-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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