One Point of View: Sense and Nonsense about Fractions and Decimals.

Payne, Joseph N.

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Publication Date: 1980-Jan

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One Point of View: Sense and Nonsense about Fractions and Decimals.

Payne, Joseph N.

Arithmetic Teacher, v27 n5 p5-7 Jan 1980

Curricular placement of and emphasis on common and decimal fractions are discussed. Suggestions include: retaining common fractions in the curriculum, teaching decimal concepts and notation earlier, reducing fraction computation complexity, and moving fraction computation upward in the curriculum. (MK)

Descriptors: Computation, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts

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Language: English

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