{"product_id":"a-child-wants-nice-and-no-mean-numbers-von-thomas-colignatus","title":"A child wants nice and no mean numbers","description":"\u003cp\u003eMathematics education is a mess. In primary education the development in arithmetic, geometry and other math topics is greatly hindered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathematicians are trained for abstraction while education is an empirical issue. When mathematicians meet in class with real live pupils then they solve their cognitive dissonance by holding on to tradition. But tradition and its study materials have not been designed for empirical didactics. Pupils suffer the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe West reads from left to right but the numbers come from India where one reads from right to left. In English 14 is pronounced as fourteen but it should rather be ten \u0026amp; four. 21 is pronounced in proper order as twenty-one, but is better pronounced as two·ten \u0026amp; one, so that the decimal positional system or place value system is supported by pronunciation too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is just one example of a long list. An advice is to re-engineer mathematics education for all age-groups. This book looks at primary education. Parliaments around the world are each advised to have their own parliamentary enquiry to investigate the issue and make funds available for change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author is an econometrician and teacher of mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9789463672757\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMathematics in primary education\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9789463672757","offer_id":40399879471197,"sku":"9789463672757","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/f49fca0e-042b-4c2e-9783-11179717b32d.jpg?v=1762325426","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/a-child-wants-nice-and-no-mean-numbers-von-thomas-colignatus","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}