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Publication Date: 2003-Jul
Pages: 8
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Obstacles for Mental Representations of Real Numbers: Observations from a Case Study
Torner, Gunter
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference Held Jointly with the 25th PME-NA Conference (Honolulu, HI, Jul 13-18, 2003), v4 p307-314
To probe beyond declarative knowledge about real numbers in secondary school, the authors interviewed students in Grades 9, 10 and 12. The main question seems to be whether the length of a decimal expansion is "indefinite" or "infinite." It blurs the mental representation of rational numbers as well. (Contains 3 footnotes.) [For complete proceedings, see ED500860.]
Descriptors: Numbers, Grade 9, Cognitive Processes, Case Studies, Secondary School Mathematics, Interviews, Arithmetic, Algebra, History, Research Problems, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teachers, College Students
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Education Level: Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12; Grade 9; Higher Education; Secondary Education
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