Comparing the Development of Fractions in the Fifth- and Sixth-Graders' Textbooks of Singapore, Taiwan, and the USA

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Yang, Der Ching ^a   Reys, Robert E ^b   Wu, Li Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual knowledge; content analysis; fifth and sixth grade; fraction; procedural knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865374056     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2010.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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