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Intuitive errors in learners' fraction understanding: A dual-process perspective on the natural number bias.

Although a good rational number understanding is very important, many learners struggle to understand fractions. Recent research attributes many of these difficulties to the natural number bias – the tendency to apply natural number features in rational number tasks where this is inappropriate. Prev...

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Published in:Memory & Cognition Vol. 48; no. 7; pp. 1171 - 1181
Main Authors: Van Hoof, Jo, Verschaffel, Lieven, De Neys, Wim, Van Dooren, Wim
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Oct2020
Subjects:
Cognition
Decision making
Intellect
Intuition
Learning
Task performance
Adults
Experimental design
Mathematics
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