Misconceptions about density of decimals : insights from Indonesian pre-service teachers’ work Widjaja, Wanty, Stacey, Kaye and Steinle, Vicki 2008, Misconceptions about density of decimals : insights from Indonesian pre-service teachers’ work, Journal for science and mathematics education in Southeast Asia, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 117-131. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads widjaja-misconceptionsabout-2008.pdf Published version application/pdf 135.43KB 146 Title Misconceptions about density of decimals : insights from Indonesian pre-service teachers’ work Author(s) Widjaja, Wanty orcid.org/0000-0002-7288-6088 Stacey, Kaye Steinle, Vicki Journal name Journal for science and mathematics education in Southeast Asia Volume number 31 Issue number 2 Start page 117 End page 131 Total pages 15 Publisher SEAMEO Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics Place of publication Penang, Malaysia Publication date 2008 ISSN 0126-7663 Keyword(s) decimals pre-service teachers misconceptions density Summary Extensive studies have documented various difficulties with, and misconceptions about, decimal numeration across different levels of education. This paper reports on pre-service teachers’ misconceptions about the density of decimals. Written test data from 140 Indonesian pre-service teachers, observation of group and classroom discussions provided evidence of pre-service teachers’ difficulties in grasping the density notion of decimals. This research was situated in a teacher education university in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Incorrect analogies resulting from over generalization of knowledge about whole numbers and fractions were identified. Teaching ideas to resolve these difficulties and challenges in resolving pre-service teachers’ misconceptions are discussed. Evidence from this research indicates that it is possible to remove misconceptions about density of decimals. Language eng Field of Research 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy 130105 Primary Education (excl Maori) Socio Economic Objective 930103 - Learner Development HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, SEAMEO Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30048398 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 17 Sep 2012, 16:14:27 EST Tue, 18 Sep 2012, 09:23:11 EST Fri, 21 Sep 2012, 15:39:07 EST Wed, 26 Sep 2012, 11:02:51 EST Wed, 26 Sep 2012, 11:04:57 EST Wed, 26 Sep 2012, 11:32:24 EST Thu, 27 Sep 2012, 08:49:22 EST Fri, 08 Mar 2013, 13:05:40 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 19:47:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 379 Abstract Views, 148 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 17 Sep 2012, 16:14:10 EST by Wanty Widjaja

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