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| Elementary Education | 1 |
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Peer reviewedKamii, Constance; Clark, Faye B. – School Science and Mathematics, 1997
Describes a study in which 383 children in grades 1 through 5 were individually interviewed to find out at what point they construct unit iteration out of transitive reasoning. Indicates that most children construct unit iteration out of transitive reasoning by fourth grade. Suggests a better approach to the teaching of measurement that presents…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction
