Fractions are hard to understand for students. According to Siegler's integrated theory, magnitude understanding is central to numerical development. Whole-number magnitude understanding can be ...

We present a case study of teaching and learning fraction addition on number lines in one 6th-grade classroom that used the Connected Mathematics Project Bits and Pieces II materials. Our main ...

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One of the most common strategies for comparing fractions is cross multiplication, which may lead to correct answers but does not help students make sense of the relative size of fractions or develop ...

Children's ability to place fractions on a number line strongly correlates with math achievement. But does the number line play a causal role in fraction learning or does it simply index more advanced ...

ment was employed to conduct this case study qualitative research with two mathematics student teachers who participated in the study as case studies. This research was carried out in two sixth grade ...

Numbervator. How to order a set of fractions by converting them to fractions with a common denominator and position them on a number line. The twentieths are reduced to their simplest form by ...