The present cross-sectional study investigated 953 fifth to tenth grade students’ understanding of the dense structure of rational numbers. After an inductive analysis, coding the answers based on three types of items on density, a TwoStep Cluster Analysis revealed different intermediate profiles in the understanding of density along grades. The analysis highlighted qualitatively different ways of thinking: i) the idea of consecutiveness, ii) the idea of a finite number of numbers, and iii) the idea that between fractions, there are only fractions, and between decimals, there are only decimals. Furthermore, our profiles showed differences regarding rational number representation since students first recognised the dense nature of decimal nu...
The present study focuses on the development of two sub-concepts necessary for a complete mathema...
The literature has amply shown that primary and secondary school students have difficulties in under...
Many people have serious difficulties in understanding rational numbers, limiting their ability t...
The present cross-sectional study investigated 953 fifth to tenth grade students' understanding of t...
This research investigated students’ intermediate stages in understanding the dense structure of rat...
Understanding rational numbers is a complex task for primary and secondary school students. Previous...
It is widely documented that the density property of rational numbers is challenging for students. T...
Students often show difficulties in understanding rational numbers. Often, these are related to the ...
The aim of this study is to determine 9th grade students’ understanding of density in the set of rat...
Students have a great deal of difficulties learning about rational number concepts, as they are conf...
This paper analyzes the difficulties that pupils have in learning to use rational numbers to refer t...
A good understanding of rational numbers is an essential part of mathematical literacy, which is imp...
In this study we longitudinally followed 201 upper elementary school learners in the crucial years o...
This article reports on a study of high-school and of technologist students (prospective engineers a...
Understanding rational numbers is a complex task for primary and secondary school students. Previous...
The present study focuses on the development of two sub-concepts necessary for a complete mathema...
The literature has amply shown that primary and secondary school students have difficulties in under...
Many people have serious difficulties in understanding rational numbers, limiting their ability t...
The present cross-sectional study investigated 953 fifth to tenth grade students' understanding of t...
This research investigated students’ intermediate stages in understanding the dense structure of rat...
Understanding rational numbers is a complex task for primary and secondary school students. Previous...
It is widely documented that the density property of rational numbers is challenging for students. T...
Students often show difficulties in understanding rational numbers. Often, these are related to the ...
The aim of this study is to determine 9th grade students’ understanding of density in the set of rat...
Students have a great deal of difficulties learning about rational number concepts, as they are conf...
This paper analyzes the difficulties that pupils have in learning to use rational numbers to refer t...
A good understanding of rational numbers is an essential part of mathematical literacy, which is imp...
In this study we longitudinally followed 201 upper elementary school learners in the crucial years o...
This article reports on a study of high-school and of technologist students (prospective engineers a...
Understanding rational numbers is a complex task for primary and secondary school students. Previous...
The present study focuses on the development of two sub-concepts necessary for a complete mathema...
The literature has amply shown that primary and secondary school students have difficulties in under...
Many people have serious difficulties in understanding rational numbers, limiting their ability t...