Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States

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Contents

Approaches To Teaching A Topic
1
Dealing With Students Mistakes
24
Division By Fractions
47
The Relationship Between Perimeter And Area
72
Profound Understanding Of Fundamental Mathematics
92
When And How Is It Attained?
107
Chapter 7 Conclusion
123
Appendix
131
References
133
How Liping Mas Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics Entered the US Mathematics and Mathematics Education Discourses
138
How Liping Mas Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics Entered the US Mathematics and Mathematics Education Discourses
158
Author Index
160
Subject Index
164
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