Scenario: Franca solving a story problem with the students. Country: Italy Grade (student age): Year 4 (age 9-10) Contributed by: Marco Bardelli, University of Padova, Italy Context – public primary school, national curriculum The Italian National Curriculum emphasizes the development of students’ number sense through realistic mathematical problems where the estimate of numbers can be […]

Scenario: Mirella teaching two-digit divisions by invariantive law Country: Italy Grade (student age): Year 3 (age 7-8) Contributed by: Marco Bardelli, University of Padova, Italy Context – public primary school, national curriculum In Italy two-digit divisions is a topic that is usually taught in year 4. The new national curriculum in Italy  (2007), named “Indicazioni […]