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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449869503321

Autore

Harel Guershon

Titolo

Development of Multiplicative Reasoning in the Learning of Mathematics [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : State University of New York Press, 1994

ISBN

1-4384-0580-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ConfreyJere

Disciplina

372.7/2044

Soggetti

Division

Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

Multiplication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES; 1. Children's Multiplying Schemes by Leslie P. Steffe; 2. Multiplicative Conceptual Field: What and Why? by Gerard Vergnaud; 3. Extending the Meaning of Multiplication and Division by Brian Greer; II: THE ROLE OF THE UNIT; 4. Ratio and Proportion: Cognitive Foundations in Unitizing and Norming by Susan J. Lamon; 5. Units of Quantity: A Conceptual Basis Common to Additive and Multiplicative Structures by Merlyn J. Behr, Guershon Harel, Thomas Post, and Richard Lesh; III: RATIO AND RATE

6. The Development of the Concept of Speed and Its Relationship to Concepts of Rate by Patrick W. Thompson7. Missing-Value Proportional Reasoning Problems: Factors Affecting Informal Reasoning Patterns by James J. Kaput and Mary Maxwell West; IV: MULTIPLICATIVE WORLDS; 8. Splitting, Similarity, and Rate of Change: A New Approach to Multiplication and Exponential Functions by Jere Confrey; 9. Multiplicative Structures and the Development of Logarithms: What Was Lost by the Invention of Function? by Erick Smith and Jere Confrey; V: INTUITIVE MODELS

10. The Impact of the Number Type on the Solution of Multiplication and Division Problems: Further Considerations by Guershon Harel, Merlyn Behr, Thomas Post, and Richard LeshVI: SUMMARY; 11. Multiple



Views of Multiplicative Structure by Thomas E. Kieren; Index; NAME INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; SUBJECT INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W