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Peer reviewedHunting, Robert P.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1996
This constructivist teaching experiment investigated the role of whole-number knowledge in fraction learning. Two nine-year-old students worked for one year with a computer program (Copycat) and demonstrated that the development of whole-number knowledge and rational-number knowledge is interdependent. Contains 59 references. (KMC)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Elementary School Students, Fractions
