Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 31 Issue 2, April 1993
4 – 11
Making Sense Out of Number Sense
Werner Liedtke
In the focus issue of the Arithmetic Teacher, Howden (1989, 6) reports that the Standard from the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1989) dealing with number sense “raised the most questions from teachers, parents and administrators. These four questions were most frequently asked: What is number sense? Why is number sense important? How is number sense taught? How is number sense measured?”
