Crossing the Bridge to Formal Proportional Reasoning.

Chapin, Suzanne H.; Anderson, Nancy Canavan

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ERIC Number: EJ668712

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Publication Date: 2003

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Crossing the Bridge to Formal Proportional Reasoning.

Chapin, Suzanne H.; Anderson, Nancy Canavan

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v8 n8 p420-25 Apr 2003

Describes how 7th grade students were transitioned from using informal, conceptual methods to solving proportion problems using a formal procedure. (YDS)

Descriptors: Computation, Concept Formation, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools, Problem Solving, Ratios (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED512043

Note: Focus issue: Proportional Reasoning.

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