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ERIC Number: EJ409324
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Prospective Elementary and Secondary Teachers' Understanding of Division.
Ball, Deborah Loewenberg
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v21 n2 p132-44 Mar 1990
Analyzed were 19 preservice teachers' understanding of division in 3 contexts. The teachers' knowledge was generally fragmented, and each case of division was held as a separate bit of knowledge. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Structures, College Mathematics, Division, Fractions, Higher Education, Interviews, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Teachers, Numbers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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