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Hallett, Darcy; Nunes, Terezinha; Bryant, Peter – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Previous research on children's conceptual and procedural understanding of fractions, and other arithmetic skills, has led to contradictory conclusions. Some research suggests that children learn conceptual knowledge before procedural knowledge, some suggests that they learn procedural knowledge before conceptual knowledge, and other research…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Arithmetic
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Lee, Yeung Chung; Ng, Pun Hon – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2004
With the increase in prominence of the investigative approach in Hong Kong science curricula from the primary to the senior secondary level, there is urgency for local science educators including primary school teachers to gain a better understanding of pupils' existing cognitive understanding and reasoning ability for performing science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Logical Thinking, Science Activities