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ERIC Number: EJ407519
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Learning Fractions with Understanding: Building on Informal Knowledge.
Mack, Nancy K.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v21 n1 p16-32 Jan 1990
Examines the development of students' understandings about fractions during six weeks of instruction. Reports that all students possessed informal knowledge disconnected from their knowledge of fraction symbols and procedures and that knowledge of rote procedures often interfered with students' attempts to build on their informal knowledge. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Grade 6, Mathematics Instruction, Misconceptions, Prior Learning, Protocol Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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