Prospective elementary teachers' knowledge of fraction division

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 481-500

  Lo, Jane Jane ^a   Luo, Fenqjen ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fraction division; Mathematical knowledge for teaching; Prospective elementary teacher; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884413369     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-012-9221-4     Document Type: Article

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