Engaging Whole-Number Knowledge for Rational-Number Leaning Using a Computer-Based Tool.

Hunting, Robert P.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ525140

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Engaging Whole-Number Knowledge for Rational-Number Leaning Using a Computer-Based Tool.

Hunting, Robert P.; And Others

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v27 n3 p354-79 May 1996

This constructivist teaching experiment investigated the role of whole-number knowledge in fraction learning. Two nine-year-old students worked for one year with a computer program (Copycat) and demonstrated that the development of whole-number knowledge and rational-number knowledge is interdependent. Contains 59 references. (KMC)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Elementary School Students, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Primary Education, Whole Numbers

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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