Fourth graders invent ways of computing averages


Book: 
Teaching Children Mathematics
Authors: 
Kamii, C., Pritchett, M., & Nelson, K.
Category: 
Pages: 
78-82
Year: 
1996
Abstract: 

The purpose of this article is to describe what fourth graders can do when they are encouraged to invent their own ways of getting the average. The article also shows the teacher's active role in constructivist teaching.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education

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