@article {530,
	title = {THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLACE VALUE CONCEPTS AND THE NOTION OF CARRIED NUMBER AMONG SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS VIA THE STUDY OF THE CHINESE ABACUS},
	journal = {MENON {\textcopyright}online Journal Of Educational Research, 2nd Thematic Issue},
	year = {2016},
	month = {05/2016},
	pages = {14},
	publisher = {University of Western Macedonia - Faculty of Education},
	type = {Scientific paper},
	chapter = {51},
	address = {Florina, Greece},
	abstract = {<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">The paper presents part of a research study that intended to use the history of mathematics for the development of place value concepts and the notion of carried number with sixth grade Greek students. In the given pre-tests students faced difficulties in solving place value tasks, such as regrouping quantities and multi-digit subtractions. Also, they vaguely explained the carried number, a notion which is structurally associated with calculations. We held an instructive intervention via a historical calculating tool, the Chinese abacus. In the post-tests students improved their scores and they often put forward expressions influenced by the abacus investigation. To a smaller extent we attempted to highlight the historical dimension of the subject.</span></span></p>},
	keywords = {carried number, Chinese abacus, historical instrument, place value, Primary school students},
	issn = {1792-8494},
	author = {Vasiliki Tsiapou and Konstantinos Nikolantonakis}
}