Teaching and learning fraction addition on number lines

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-62

  Izsák, Andrew ^a   Tillema, Erik ^a,b   Tunç Pekkan, Zelha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study methods; Classroom interaction; Fractions; Middle grades, 5 8; Representations, modeling; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549156244     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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