Research into Practice: What Do Children Understand about Average?.

Russell, Susan Jo|Mokros, Jan

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ERIC Number: EJ518947

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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ISSN: ISSN-1073-5836

Research into Practice: What Do Children Understand about Average?

Russell, Susan Jo; Mokros, Jan

Teaching Children Mathematics, v2 n6 p360-64 Feb 1996

Interviews with fourth, fifth, and sixth graders found that they thought about the concept of average as mode, median, and/or a procedure. Presents approaches to develop the concept of average. (MKR)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Interviews, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Statistics

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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