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Unwrapping Students' Ideas about Fractions
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Lewis, Rebecca M.; Gibbons, Lynsey K.; Kazemi, Elham; Lind, Teresa – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
Supporting students to develop an understanding of the meaning of fractions is an important goal of elementary school mathematics. This involves developing partitioning strategies, creating representations, naming fractional quantities, and using symbolic notation. This article describes how teachers can use a formative assessment problem to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Concepts, Formative Evaluation