Knowing, Doing, and Teaching Multiplication. Occasional Paper No. 97 / Magdalene Lampert.

This essay clarifies what it means to know mathematics by examining ways of knowing multiplication and explores what those ways of knowing imply for the teaching and learning of mathematics in schools. It reviews the perennial argument about whether computational skill or conceptual understanding sh...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Lampert, Magdalene
Corporate Authors:	Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Inst. for Research on Teaching, Michigan State University. Institute for Research on Teaching
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986.
Subjects:	Computation. Concept Formation. Concept Teaching. Educational Theories. Elementary Education. Elementary School Mathematics. Mathematical Concepts. Mathematics Instruction. Multiplication. Teaching Methods.