Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 28 Issue 2, August 1990
16 – 19
Conceptual Understanding: Promoting Talk in the Mathematics Classroom
Werner Liedtke
As a visitor from British Columbia, allow me to share with you a few of the changes in our province, recent and contemplated, that have had or may have an impact on teaching and learning mathematics. In 1987, a new Mathematics Curriculum Guide was published. The guidelines of this document suggested that conceptual understanding and problem solving should be the focus of mathematics teaching and learning.
