Children and number: Difficulties in learning mathematics

By Martin Hughes and Martin Hughes

Book Overview

The importance of learning mathematics is constantly stressed by educationalists and employers alike. Yet survey after survey shows that large numbers of children leave school lacking both competence... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631135790
• ISBN13: 9780631135791
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Why can't learning math be fun?

As one who has always enjoyed learning math, I often wonder why many others hate and avoid it. Hughes helps to explain the aversion many people feel for the subject. It's the way we teach it, not the subject itself. I remember playing lots of card games and being exposed to numbers and figures in fun situations before attending school. Numbers have become associated with fun for me. Einstein was taught to treat doing math as a detective game. I wish everyone involved in math education would read this book, reflect upon it and apply its concepts. Our children deserve a better relationship with the subject.