Mathematics Teaching, January 1st, 2008
Tony Harries and Patrick Barmby explore the use of visual representations, in particular the array, in the teaching of multiplication in the primary school.
During primary education, pupils are introduced to a number of 'big' ideas - for example addition and subtraction in early primary and multiplication later on. In teaching addition and subtraction, there has been a clear use of visual representations such as number squares and number lines, with number lines being viewed as the most appropriate representation for demonstrating both the characteristics of these operations and for visualisi...
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