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Children enter school filled with all kinds of ideas about numbers, shapes, measuring tools, time, and money--ideas formed from the expressions they hear ... th

This open access report explores the nature and extent of students’ misconceptions and misunderstandings related to core concepts in physics and mathematics a

This book should be a handy tool for teachers of mathematics as they develop plans to confront the problem of misconceptions, which are common with students tha

How do children relate to numbers and mathematics? How can they be helped to understand and make sense of them? People are rarely ambivalent towards mathematics

Ask mathematicians to describe mathematics and they' ll use words like playful, beautiful, and creative. Pose the same question to students and many will use wo