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Mathematics at Your Fingertips - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB524012
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Joseph Koenig, Guy Glover
Directors: John Howe
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Character Education, Documentary, Education, Mathematics, Science
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1961
Running Time: 27:30
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Mathematics at Your Fingertips - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB524012
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Joseph Koenig, Guy Glover
Directors: John Howe
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Character Education, Documentary, Education, Mathematics, Science
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1961
Running Time: 27:30
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In today's classrooms various new ways are being tried to put children more at ease with numbers. This film shows one such system developed by a Belgian schoolmaster, Georges Cuisenaire. He carefully designed sets of coloured sticks to help children grasp simple mathematical relationships. (Originally released under the title Numbers in Colour.)