The author presents a number of children's misconceptions concerning mathematical problems involving perimeter, area, volume and mass. A number of examples of interventions to assist students to understand how to solve these problems correctly are presented.
Language
eng
Field of Research
130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
HERDC Research category
C3 Non-refereed articles in a professional journal
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