| Description |
xxvi, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : issues in learning fractions and decimals : rethinking our approach -- Equal sharing problems and children's strategies for solving them -- From the classroom : getting started with fractions -- Multiple groups problems and children's strategies for solving them -- Relational thinking: connecting fractions and algebra -- From the classroom: making relational thinking explicit -- Understanding fraction equivalence and order -- Understanding decimals -- Understanding operations on fractions and decimals -- The long view : learning to use children's thinking to guide instruction |
| Summary |
Empson and Levi show how the same kinds of intuitive knowledge and sense making that provides the basis for children's learning of whole number arithmetic can be extended to fractions and decimals. They provide important insights into children's thinking and innovative approaches to solving problems. Three themes appear throughout the book: building meaning for fractions and decimals through discussing and solving word problems; the progression of children's strategies for solving fraction word problems and equations from direct modeling through relational thinking; designing instruction that capitalizes on students' relational thinking strategies to integrate algebra into teaching and learning fractions. With illuminating examples of student work, classroom vignettes, "Teacher Commentaries" from the field, sample problems, and instructional guides provided in each chapter, you'll have all the tools you need to teach fractions and decimals for understanding and confidence. --Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Decimal fractions -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Decimal fractions -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
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Decimal fractions -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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Fractions -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Fractions -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
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Fractions -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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| Author |
Levi, Linda.
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| LC no. |
2011001314 |
| ISBN |
0325030537 (alk. paper) |
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9780325030531 (alk. paper) |
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