Fractions: the new frontier for theories of numerical development

Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 13 - 19
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Abstract
Recent research on fractions has broadened and deepened theories of numerical development. Learning about fractions requires children to recognize that many properties of whole numbers are not true of numbers in general and also to recognize that the one property that unites all real numbers is that they possess magnitudes that can be ordered on number lines. The difficulty of attaining this understanding makes the acquisition of knowledge about...
Paper Details
Title
Fractions: the new frontier for theories of numerical development
Published Date
Jan 1, 2013
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
13 - 19
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