The Operation of Division and the Embedded Zero.

Barr, George

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Publication Date: 1983

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The Operation of Division and the Embedded Zero.

Barr, George

Mathematics in School, v12 n4 p4-5 Sep 1983

Results from testing long division with students from age 11 to Continuing Education were traced. A much higher percentage of wrong answers was given when there was an embedded zero in the answer. (MNS)

Descriptors: Computation, Division, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Postsecondary Education, Testing

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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