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Peer reviewedClements, M. A.; Lean, G. A. – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1994
Investigated the continuous fraction concepts of (n=59) students in grades four, five, and six. Students were confident and accurate when performing sharing tasks, but were much less successful on continuous quantity tasks involving formal fraction language and symbol manipulation fraction tasks. (14 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Structures, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKamii, Constance; Warrington, Mary Ann – Hiroshima Journal of Mathematics Education, 1995
Describes an attempt to encourage fifth- and sixth-graders to invent their own ways of solving problems involving division with fractions. Emphasizes the importance of social interaction in Piaget's constructivism and explains why debate and verification are important for children's construction of logico-mathematical knowledge. (22 references)…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Constructivism (Learning), Division, Elementary Education
