Measuring fraction comparison strategies with eye-tracking

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 255-266

  Obersteiner, Andreas ^a   Tumpek, Christine ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Componential strategies; Eye movements; Fraction processing; Holistic strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969920344     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-015-0742-z     Document Type: Article

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