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Peer reviewedVan Den Brink, Jan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1989
Presents a number of transcript examples of correct and incorrect transferences by children. Considers the objects of transference including spoken words, written symbols, models and diagrams, arithmetic procedures, and structures. Discusses the use of transference in arithmetic education. (YP)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedMack, Nancy K. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1990
Examines the development of students' understandings about fractions during six weeks of instruction. Reports that all students possessed informal knowledge disconnected from their knowledge of fraction symbols and procedures and that knowledge of rote procedures often interfered with students' attempts to build on their informal knowledge.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education
