What Is the Whole?.

Wentworth, Nancy M.; Monroe, Eula Ewing

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Publication Date: 1995

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What Is the Whole?

Wentworth, Nancy M.; Monroe, Eula Ewing

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v1 n5 p356-60 Apr-May 1995

Discusses ways teachers can encourage students to construct useful meanings for the fractional unit. Provides three examples of representations of common fractions and illustrates misconceptions in fraction problems. Includes a brief summary of constructivist mathematics education and an example in which a teacher misunderstands a fractional unit. (DDD)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Fractions, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Middle Schools, Misconceptions, Ratios (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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