A focus on fractions
Subtitle: bringing research to the classroom
By: Marjorie M. Petit, Robert E. Laird, Edwin L. Marsden, and Caroline B. Ebby
Contributors: Laird, Robert E., author; Marsden, Edwin L., author; Ebby, Caroline B., author
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Studies in mathematical thinking and learning; Studies in mathematical thinking and learning
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781317597308; 9781315746098; 9781317597285; 9781317597292; 9781138816435; 9781138816442
Subjects: Fractions; Number concept in children; Ratio and proportion; Study and teaching (Middle school); Elementary; EDUCATION; Study and teaching (Elementary)
Description: A Focus on Fractions is a groundbreaking effort to make the mathematics education research on how students develop their understanding of fraction concepts readily accessible and understandable to pre- and in-service K- 8 mathematics educators. Using extensive annotated samples of student work, as well as vignettes characteristic of classroom teachers' experiences, this book equips educators with the knowledge and tools to reveal students' thinking so that they can modify their teaching and improve student learning of fraction concepts. A Focus on Fractions 2nd edition includes sections on the.
Notes: First edition published by Routledge, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Developing Understanding of Fractions Through Visual Models; 2 Fractions Are Quantities; 3 What Is the Whole?; 4 Equipartitioning; 5 Comparing and Ordering Fractions; 6 Number Lines and Fractions; 7 The Density of Fractions; 8 Equivalent Fractions and Comparisons; 9 Addition and Subtraction of Fractions; 10 Multiplication and Division of Fractions; 11 The OGAP Fraction Framework; References; About the Authors; Index