The Twenty-third ICMI Study: primary mathematics study on whole numbers

2014 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-309 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Mathematics ◽  
Whole Numbers ◽  
Icmi Study

Brief Reports: Textbook Pictures and First-Grade Children's Perception of Mathematical Relationships

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 368-374
Author(s):  
Patricia F. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Related Problem ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Mathematics Textbooks ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Primary Mathematics ◽  
Whole Numbers ◽  
Mathematical Relationships

An examination of current primary mathematics textbooks reveals that one method of communicating mathematical concepts to children is with dynamic pictures used in conjunction with written numeral statements. These pictures portray motion and are meant to serve as a reference either to assist the students in solving a related problem or to define a context within which the problem may be interpreted. However, it is necessary for the children to relate or assimilate the characters depicted in these pictures and to perceive the action portrayed before they can associate these pictures with the addition or subtraction of whole numbers.

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