Big Ideas of Primary Mathematics: It's all about connections

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Big Ideas of Primary Mathematics: It's all about connections

Big idea thinking provides an opportunity to re-conceptualize how we view and teach primary mathematics. Contemporary curricula continue to be organized in a linear fashion with content allocated to year levels, which encourages a narrow view of what needs to be taught. Big idea thinking has the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hurst, Chris
Other Authors:	Toh, TL
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	World Scientific 2019
Subjects:	Mathematics
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80838

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