General and math-specific predictors of sixth-graders' knowledge of fractions

Cognitive Development

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-49

  Hansen, Nicole ^a   Jordan, Nancy C ^a   Fernandez, Edmund ^a   Siegler, Robert S ^b,c   Fuchs, Lynn ^e   Gersten, Russell ^d   Micklos, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Instructional Research Groups   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractions; Number knowledge; Numerical magnitude estimation; Proportional reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925355174     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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