Using Everyday Knowledge of Decimals to Enhance Understanding

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 399-420

  Irwin, Kathryn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Decimals; Discourse analysis; Intermediate middle grades; Piaget; Problem solving; Situated cognition; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035618025     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749701     Document Type: Article

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