An integrated study of children's construction of improper fractions and the teacher's role in promoting that learning

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 390-416

  Tzur, Ron ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Constructivism; Elementary, K 8; Fractions; Learning; Teaching fractions

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644452255     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749707     Document Type: Article

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