Prospective Elementary and Secondary Teachers' Understanding of Division.

Ball, Deborah Loewenberg

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ERIC Number: EJ409324

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Prospective Elementary and Secondary Teachers' Understanding of Division.

Ball, Deborah Loewenberg

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v21 n2 p132-44 Mar 1990

Analyzed were 19 preservice teachers' understanding of division in 3 contexts. The teachers' knowledge was generally fragmented, and each case of division was held as a separate bit of knowledge. (Author/YP)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Structures, College Mathematics, Division, Fractions, Higher Education, Interviews, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Teachers, Numbers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Characteristics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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