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Pre-service elementary teachers’ attitudes to algebra

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: June 8, 2012

Changing Pre-Service Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes to Algebra Educators of pre-service elementary teachers face a constant challenge: their students’ limited understanding of what constitutes mathematics and a mathematical approach to problems. Pre-service elementary teachers’ attitudes to mathematics are generally instrumental, viagra focussed on formulas and correct answers. Here are some illustrative remarks from our students: “… […]