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ERIC Number: EJ597740
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0965
Language Supports for Children's Understanding of Numerical Fractions: Cross-National Comparisons.
Miura, Irene T.; Okamoto, Yukari; Vlahovic-Stetic, Vesna; Kim, Chungsoon C.; Han, John Hye
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v74 n4 p356-65 Dec 1999
This study compared 6- to 7-year-olds' knowledge of numerical fractions prior to school instruction in Croatia, Korea, and United States. Results suggested that the Korean vocabulary of fractions may influence the meaning children ascribe to numerical fractions and that this results in children being able to associated numerical fractions with corresponding pictorial representations prior to formal instruction. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Fractions, Korean, Mathematical Concepts, Number Concepts, Numeracy, Primary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Croatia; Cross National Studies; Korea; United States
Note: Special Issue on: "The Development of Mathematical Cognition: Numerical Processes and Concepts."