Martin Hughes is Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter.

"This is a useful book, both for teachers and students in education. Each chapter has a concise overview and the index is clear and accessible. The bibliography is extensive, and all the big names are here including Cockroft, Donaldson and Shuard. It is easy to read and well-illustrated throughout, with lots of practical suggestions for classroom use." Suzanne Hewitt, Times Educational Supplement "Simply essential reading for the primary school teacher." David Jones, Child EducationChildren and Number has been awarded the Standing Conference on Studies in Education prize for the best book on education published in 1986

• Foreword: Margaret Donaldson. Introduction.1. What is the Problem?.2. Piaget under Attack.3. Addition and Subtraction before School.4. What's so Hard About Two and Two.5. Children's Invention of Written Arithmetic.6. The Written Number Systems of Other Cultures.7. Understanding the Written Symbolism of Arithmetic.8. Children's Difficulties in School.9. Learning through Number Games.10. Learning with LOGO.11. A New Approach to Number.References.Index.

Martin Hughes is Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter.

"This is a useful book, both for teachers and students in education. Each chapter has a concise overview and the index is clear and accessible. The bibliography is extensive, and all the big names are here including Cockroft, Donaldson and Shuard. It is easy to read and well-illustrated throughout, with lots of practical suggestions for classroom use." Suzanne Hewitt, Times Educational Supplement "Simply essential reading for the primary school teacher." David Jones, Child EducationChildren and Number has been awarded the Standing Conference on Studies in Education prize for the best book on education published in 1986

• Foreword: Margaret Donaldson. Introduction.1. What is the Problem?.2. Piaget under Attack.3. Addition and Subtraction before School.4. What's so Hard About Two and Two.5. Children's Invention of Written Arithmetic.6. The Written Number Systems of Other Cultures.7. Understanding the Written Symbolism of Arithmetic.8. Children's Difficulties in School.9. Learning through Number Games.10. Learning with LOGO.11. A New Approach to Number.References.Index.

Martin Hughes is Lecturer in Education at the University of Exeter.

"This is a useful book, both for teachers and students in education. Each chapter has a concise overview and the index is clear and accessible. The bibliography is extensive, and all the big names are here including Cockroft, Donaldson and Shuard. It is easy to read and well-illustrated throughout, with lots of practical suggestions for classroom use." Suzanne Hewitt, Times Educational Supplement "Simply essential reading for the primary school teacher." David Jones, Child EducationChildren and Number has been awarded the Standing Conference on Studies in Education prize for the best book on education published in 1986

• Foreword: Margaret Donaldson. Introduction.1. What is the Problem?.2. Piaget under Attack.3. Addition and Subtraction before School.4. What's so Hard About Two and Two.5. Children's Invention of Written Arithmetic.6. The Written Number Systems of Other Cultures.7. Understanding the Written Symbolism of Arithmetic.8. Children's Difficulties in School.9. Learning through Number Games.10. Learning with LOGO.11. A New Approach to Number.References.Index.