Teaching to add three-digit numbers in Hong Kong and Shanghai: illustration of differences in the systematic use of variation and invariance

ZDM - Mathematics Education

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 455-470

  Pang, Ming Fai ^a   Marton, Ference ^b   Bao, Jian sheng ^c   Ki, Wing Wah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Addition; Invariance; Mathematics teaching; Three digit numbers; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976439553     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-016-0790-z     Document Type: Article

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