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Subtraction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Alice S. Burslem
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For some years I had been dissatisfied with the methods we were using in my small Primary School, to teach Subtraction. The slower children were unable to grasp the basic principles of Equal Addition, and many errors were made, as the children were using a “parrot” pattern, instead of basing their work on understanding and logical sequence.

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 43 , Issue 345 , October 1959 , pp. 171 - 173
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1959

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