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Title: Proportional Reasoning: The Case of Michael.
Language: English
Authors: Nabors, Wanda K.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2002
Document Type: Reports - Research
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Fractions, Grade 7, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Microworlds, Pretests Posttests, Thinking Skills
Geographic Terms: U.S.; North Carolina
Abstract: This paper focuses on Michael, one of four seventh grade students who participated in a study involving a constructivist teaching experiment. In the study, manipulatives within a computer microworld were used to solve fractional reasoning tasks and tasks that involved concepts of rate, ratio, and proportionality. Pretest results are presented, and instruction on fractional reasoning and word problems is described. It is concluded that Michael left the experiment possessing more sophisticated fractional reasoning operations available to him than when he entered the experiment. (Contains 17 references.) (MES)
Journal Code: RIEMAY2003
Entry Date: 2003
Accession Number: ED468914
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