Partitioning: The Emergence of Rational Number Ideas in Young Children.

Pothier, Yvonne; Sawada, Daiyo

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Publication Date: 1983

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Partitioning: The Emergence of Rational Number Ideas in Young Children.

Pothier, Yvonne; Sawada, Daiyo

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v14 n5 p307-17 Nov 1983

The emergence and differentiation of partitioning as a process that leads young children to construct ideas of rational numbers was traced through clinical sessions with 43 primary children as they manipulated objects. The data analysis led to a five-level theory of the partitioning process. (MNS)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Learning Theories, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Primary Education, Rational Numbers

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