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ERIC Number: EJ496902
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Students' Use of Part-Whole and Direct Comparison Strategies for Comparing Partitioned Rectangles.
Armstrong, Barbara E.; Larson, Carol Novillis
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v26 n1 p2-19 Jan 1995
Types of strategies used by (n=36) fourth-, sixth-, and eighth-grade students solving comparison of area tasks were identified and classified. Most students used a direct comparison strategy to compare areas. Use of a part-whole strategy increased with the introduction of fractional terms and symbols. (23 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Area, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Interviews, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Secondary School Students, Symbols (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathematics Education Research