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Reflecting on Fraction Addition: Using the Mirror Formula to Visualise Unit Fraction Addition
Igoe, Damien; Boucher, Nicholas; Clark, Iain; Parisi, Alfio; Downs, Nathan
Australian Mathematics Teacher, v74 n2 p3-9 2018
This article proposes a practical method of teaching the addition of unit fractions using a series of mirror equation experiments.
Descriptors: Fractions, Addition, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Optics, Problem Solving, Computation
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