Michael's Fraction Schemes.

Saenz-Ludlow, Adalira

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ERIC Number: EJ480151

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Publication Date: 1994

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Michael's Fraction Schemes.

Saenz-Ludlow, Adalira

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v25 n1 p50-85 Jan 1994

A teaching experiment with six third graders to analyze their ways of operating while solving fraction tasks. Children's quantitative reasoning with fractions was based on their quantitative reasoning with natural numbers. Presents the constructive itinerary of one of the most advanced children in the group. (Contains 44 references.) (Author/MDH)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Fractions, Grade 3, Interviews, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Primary Education, Schemata (Cognition), Whole Numbers

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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