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Soni, Meghna; Okamoto, Yukari – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2020
Competence in fractions is important in achieving advanced mathematics such as algebra and calculus. To foster students' understanding of fractions, intervention studies have found number lines to be an effective representational tool. Yet, it is unclear whether or not number lines are equally effective regardless of the ways in which they are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Fractions, Mathematical Concepts, Numbers
Moseley, Bryan; Okamoto, Yukari – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
This study examined average-, high- and top-performing US fourth graders' rational number problem solving and their understanding of rational number representations. In phase one, all students completed a written test designed to tap their skills for multiplication, division and rational number word-problem solving. In phase two, a subset of…
Descriptors: Numbers, Problem Solving, Grade 4, Numeracy
Moseley, Bryan James; Okamoto, Yukari; Ishida, Junichi – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2007
Using cognitive ethnography as a guiding framework, we investigated US and Japanese fourth-grade teachers' domain knowledge of key fraction representations in individual interviews. The framework focused on revealing cultural trends in participants' organization of knowledge and their interpretations of that organization. Our analyses of the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Numbers, Ethnography, Cultural Differences