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Watson, Jane M.; And Others – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1995
Interview and questionnaire responses of students in grades K-10 completing common and decimal fraction tasks suggested the existence of 2 sequential unistructural-multistructural-relational learning cycles within the concrete symbolic mode. (46 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Decimal Fractions, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Putt, Ian John – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1995
Elementary and middle school education majors in Australia (n=326) and the United States (n=378) were asked to arrange a list of decimals in order from smallest to largest. Only about half of these preservice teachers in each country were able to complete the task correctly. (MKR)
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Clements, M. A.; Del Campo, Gina – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Investigates children's cognitive structures with respect to concepts one-half, one-quarter, and one-third as these apply to continuous circular and triangular regions. Examines the effect of an intervention program with 21 children in grades three through six. (YP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Fractions, Geometric Concepts
