Finnish pre-service teachers' and upper secondary students' understanding of division and reasoning strategies used

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-261

  Kaasila, Raimo ^a   Pehkonen, Erkki ^b   Hellinen, Anu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Herttoniemi Comprehensive School   (Finland)

Author keywords

Division; Mathematical proficiency; Teacher education; Understanding; Upper secondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951797931     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-009-9213-1     Document Type: Article

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