Characteristics of 5th graders' logical development through learning division with decimals

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-251

  Okazaki, Masakazu ^a   Koyama, Masataka ^b  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive conflict; Division with decimals; Equilibration; Formal operational thinking; Implicit model; Misconception

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944484522     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-005-8123-0     Document Type: Article

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