Prospective teachers' reasoning and response to a student's non-traditional strategy when dividing fractions

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 235-261

  Son, Ji Won ^a   Crespo, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of fractions; Prospective teachers; Teacher beliefs; Teacher knowledge; Teaching practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650635140     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-009-9112-5     Document Type: Article

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