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Peer reviewedTreffers, A. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Describes the characteristics of progressive schematization with regard to column multiplication and column division. Contrasts this with column arithmetic based on progressive complexity. Presents a summary of research data concerning column arithmetic. (TW)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Division
Dahlberg, Cecilia, Ed. – 1989
This paper describes the BUD project which surveyed childrens' conceptions of division, and of fractions and decimals. The lack of connection between counting skills and conceptual understanding is discussed. The expectations for new algorithms and the basic idea in planning the BUD project are summarized. Some previous studies on counting, the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
