Knowing and teaching fractions: A cross-cultural study of American and Chinese mathematics teachers

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-457

  Zhou, Zheng ^a   Peverly, Stephen T ^b   Xin, Tao ^c  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese and American mathematics; Cross cultural; Fraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749513924     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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