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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
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Miura, Irene T.; Okamoto, Yukari; Vlahovic-Stetic, Vesna; Kim, Chungsoon C.; Han, John Hye – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1999
This study compared 6- to 7-year-olds' knowledge of numerical fractions prior to school instruction in Croatia, Korea, and United States. Results suggested that the Korean vocabulary of fractions may influence the meaning children ascribe to numerical fractions and that this results in children being able to associated numerical fractions with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Fractions