Fractions: In Search of Meaning.

Witherspoon, Mary Lou

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ERIC Number: EJ464622

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Publication Date: 1993

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Fractions: In Search of Meaning.

Witherspoon, Mary Lou

Arithmetic Teacher, v40 n8 p482-85 Apr 1993

Reports results of interviews in which students were asked to illustrate three interpretations of fractions: a unit subdivided into equal-sized parts; a set subdivided into equal-sized parts; and a ratio. Two areas of difficulty in giving reasonable representations are discussed. Proposes teaching suggestions to overcome these difficulties. (MDH)

Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures, Fractions, Instructional Materials, Intermediate Grades, Interviews, Knowledge Level, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Rational Numbers, Teaching Methods, Videotape Recordings

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