Mathematics – At Your Fingertips

Duration: 28

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1961

Creator: National Film Board of Canada.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows how a system developed by a Belgian school master George Cuisenaire, who made sets of colored sticks to help children grasp simple mathematical relationships, is being used by children in grades one and five at St. George's School, Montreal where the teacher for the day is Dr. Calob Gattegno., Shows how a system developed by a Belgian teacher, Georges Cuisenaire, is being used by children in Montreal. By using sets of colored sticks children learn simple mathematical relationships and advance more easily to abstract concepts.

Complete Record: Shows how a system developed by a Belgian school master George Cuisenaire, who made sets of colored sticks to help children grasp simple mathematical relationships, is being used by children in grades one and five at St. George's School, Montreal where the teacher for the day is Dr. Calob Gattegno., Features Dr. Caleb Gattagno of England as he demonsrates a method of teaching mathematics originated by the Belgian schoolmaster Georges Cuisenaire. Illustrates how the use of colored sticks helps young chilren learn mathematical relationships by sight, touch, and proportion. Shows the first graders of a Montreal school learning fractions and sixth graders learning permutations and factorials through this method., Shows how a system developed by a Belgian teacher, Georges Cuisenaire, is being used by children in Montreal. By using sets of colored sticks children learn simple mathematical relationships and advance more easily to abstract concepts.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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