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ERIC Number: EJ467684
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Ratio and Proportion: Connecting Content and Children's Thinking.
Lamon, Susan J.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v24 n1 p41-61 Jan 1993
Twenty-four sixth-grade children participated in clinical interviews on ratio and proportion before receiving instruction in the domain. Student thinking was analyzed in terms of mathematical components critical to proportional reasoning. Two components, relative thinking and unitizing, were consistently related to higher levels of sophistication in a student's overall problem-solving ability. (Author/MDH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Interviews, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Ratios (Mathematics), Student Evaluation, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Proportional Reasoning