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ERIC Number: EJ571193
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Young Children's Understanding of Division: The Relationship between Division Terms in a Noncomputational Task.
Correa, Jane; Nunes, Terezinha; Bryant, Peter
Journal of Educational Psychology, v90 n2 p321-29 Jun 1998
Development of the concept of division was studied in two experiments involving a total of 124 5-, 6-, and 7-year-old students in England. Partitive tasks, more similar to sharing, were easier than quotitive tasks, suggesting that children's initial understanding of division might be based on the action schema of sharing. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Division, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Primary Education, Schemata (Cognition), Sharing Behavior, Skill Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England
Note: Journal availability: American Psychological Association, Subscription Sec., 750 1st St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Research supported by a grant from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technologico.