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ERIC Number: EJ668530
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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U.S. and Korean Children's Comprehension of Fraction Names: A Reexamination of Cross-National Differences.
Paik, Jae H.; Mix, Kelly S.
Child Development, v74 n1 p144-54 Jan-Feb 2003
Two experiments tested claim that transparency of Korean fraction names promotes fraction concepts. Findings indicated that U.S. and Korean first- and second-graders erred similarly on a fraction-identification task, by treating fractions as whole numbers. Korean children performed at chance when whole-number representation was included but outperformed U.S. peers overall. Performance of U.S. children improved and exceeded Korean children's when fraction names were used that explicitly referred to part-whole relations. (Author/KB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea; United States
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