Children's Knowledge of Common and Decimal Fractions.

Hiebert, James

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Publication Date: 1985

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Children's Knowledge of Common and Decimal Fractions.

Hiebert, James

Education and Urban Society, v17 n4 p427-37 Aug 1985

Many elementary and junior high school students do not become proficient with common and decimal fractions because they have established few connections between the form they learn in the classroom and understandings they already have. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions, Knowledge Level, Learning Problems, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Prior Learning, Problem Solving, Symbols (Mathematics), Teaching Methods

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Language: English

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