Toward an Information-Processing Account of Individual Differences in Fraction Skills.

Hecht, Steven Alan

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ERIC Number: EJ576506

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Publication Date: 1998

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Toward an Information-Processing Account of Individual Differences in Fraction Skills.

Hecht, Steven Alan

Journal of Educational Psychology, v90 n3 p545-59 Sep 1998

Unique associations between three families of mathematical knowledge and individual differences in the mathematics skills of 103 seventh and eighth graders were studied. Conceptual and procedural knowledge adequately explained individual differences in fraction solving and problem set-up accuracy, but only conceptual knowledge adequately expressed differences in fraction estimation skills. (SLD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Fractions, Grade 7, Grade 8, Individual Differences, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED512043

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Note: Research partially supported by Florida State University's Office of Graduate Studies.