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Shaughnessy, Meghan M. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
Tasks that ask students to label rational number points on a number line are common not only in curricula in the upper elementary school grades but also on state assessments. Such tasks target foundational rational number concepts: A fraction (or a decimal) is more than a shaded part of an area, a part of a pizza, or a representation using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Numbers, Number Concepts
Marshall, Sandra P. – 1986
This study investigated the rates of successful mathematical performance and errors of information processing in third-grade children in California and continued an investigation of these factors in sixth-grade children. The objectives were to: (1) identify areas of mathematics in which the children had recognizable strengths and weaknesses, (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cross Sectional Studies, Educational Research, Elementary Education