Rational Number Learning Aids: Transfer from Continuous Models to Discrete Models.

Behr, Merlyn J.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ380715

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Rational Number Learning Aids: Transfer from Continuous Models to Discrete Models.

Behr, Merlyn J.; And Others

Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, v10 n4 p1-18 Fall 1988

Children in grades four and five had instruction on fractions with a continuous manipulative aid to help transfer their knowledge to tasks with a discrete manipulative aid. Results suggest that discrete-embodiment tasks are more difficult than continuous-embodiment tasks. (MNS)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Intermediate Grades, Manipulative Materials, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Rational Numbers, Research Reports, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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