Students' Use of Part-Whole and Direct Comparison Strategies for Comparing Partitioned Rectangles.

Armstrong, Barbara E.; Larson, Carol Novillis

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ERIC Number: EJ496902

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Publication Date: 1995

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Students' Use of Part-Whole and Direct Comparison Strategies for Comparing Partitioned Rectangles.

Armstrong, Barbara E.; Larson, Carol Novillis

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v26 n1 p2-19 Jan 1995

Types of strategies used by (n=36) fourth-, sixth-, and eighth-grade students solving comparison of area tasks were identified and classified. Most students used a direct comparison strategy to compare areas. Use of a part-whole strategy increased with the introduction of fractional terms and symbols. (23 references) (MKR)

Descriptors: Area, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Interviews, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Secondary School Students, Symbols (Mathematics)

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