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Graeber, Anna O.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1989
Studied were the misconceptions that preservice elementary teachers have about multiplication and division. Results indicated that they are influenced by the same primitive models as students; the most common errors made by both groups are quite similar. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Students, Computation, Concept Formation