The emergence of multiplicative thinking in children's solutions to paper folding tasks

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-56

  Empson, Susan B ^a   Turner, Erin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Folding; Multiplication; Multiplicative thinking; Partitioning; Problem solving; Repeated halving

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044462983     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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