How reform curricula in the USA and Korea present multiplication and division of fractions

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-142

  Son, Ji Won ^a   Senk, Sharon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of fractions; Multiplication of fractions; Reform curriculum; Textbook analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952090882     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-010-9229-6     Document Type: Article

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