Making sense of instruction on fractions when a student lacks necessary fractional schemes: The case of Tim

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-45

  Olive, John ^a   Vomvoridi, Eugenia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinated research design; Fractional schemes; Instructional strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044451344     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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