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ERIC Number: EJ522380
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Percent: A Privileged Proportion.
Parker, Melanie; Leinhardt, Gaea
Review of Educational Research, v65 n4 p421-81 Win 1995
Why percent is such a difficult mathematical concept to learn was explored in this review. The privileged language of percent has lost explicit references, has misleading additive terminology for multiplicative meanings, and has multiple uses for the preposition "of." Implications for teaching percent more effectively are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Definitions, Language Usage, Mathematical Concepts, Percentage, Prepositions, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Additive Models; Multiplicative Strategies
Note: Research support provided by a grant to the National Research Center on Student Learning at the Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.