Preservice Teachers' Understanding of the Relation Between a Fraction or Integer and its Decimal Expansion: The Case of 0.9 and 1

Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 232-258

  Dubinsky, Ed ^a   Arnon, Ilana ^b   Weller, Kirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Givat Washington Academic College of Education   (Israel)

^c FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883491885     PISSN: 14926156     EISSN: 19424051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14926156.2013.816389     Document Type: Article

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