Children's constructions of knowledge for fraction division after solving realistic problems

Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 333-347

  Sharp, Janet ^a   Adams, Barbara ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Division of fractions; Ethnomathematics; Invert and multiply; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036660718     PISSN: 00220671     EISSN: 19400675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220670209596608     Document Type: Article

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