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Mathematical concepts in everyday life
Author(s) -
Carraher Terezinha N.,
Schliemann Analucia D.,
Carraher David W.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219884106
Subject(s) - everyday life , psychology , mathematics education , block (permutation group theory) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , mathematics , philosophy , geometry
Abstract Mathematics is a stumbling block in school for many children, yet the same children seem to acquire considerable mathematical knowledge without systematic teaching in everyday life. How can this discrepancy in performance be understood?