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ERIC Number: ED489665
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Jul
Pages: 8
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Fractions in Adult's Elementary School: The Case of Lucina
Alvarez, Marta Elena Valdemoros
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 28th, Bergen, Norway, July 14-18, 2004
The case of Lucina must be placed at a level of a partial advance achieved in the development of an exhaustive qualitative research recently conclude in a night elementary school of Mexico City, an institution that provides young people and adults with academic formation. The research problem herein discussed is the enrichment of semantic and conceptual contents of fractions in relation to the solution of arithmetic problems that allow the reconstruction of previous vital experiences of the subjects. The case of Lucina is analyzed in light of the application of an exploring questionnaire that preceded to realization of two didactical interview applied to a 41-year-old woman attending to sixth grade of elementary school. The didactical interviews were the main source of information in the study reported herein. (Contains 6 figures.) [For complete proceedings, see ED489597.]
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 35 Aandwind Street, Kirstenhof, Cape Town, 7945, South Africa. Web site: http://igpme.org.
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Adult Basic Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico (Mexico City)
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