Students' partitive reasoning

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-194

  Norton, Anderson ^a   Wilkins, Jesse L M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractions; Measurement; Middle school; Scheme; Splitting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650929589     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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