Missing Value and Comparison Problems: What Pupils Know before the Teaching of Proportion (Problemas de valor ausente y de comparación: qué saben los alumnos antes de la enseñanza de la proporción)
This paper analyses grade 6 pupils’ mathematical processes and difficulties in solving proportion problems before the formal teaching of this topic. Using a qualitative methodology, we examine pupils’ thinking processes at four levels of performance in missing value and comparison problems. The resu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Didáctica de la Matemática: Pensamiento Numérico
2012-03-01
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Online Access: | http://www.pna.es/Numeros2/pdf/SilvestreMissing2012.pdf |