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Boulet, Genevieve – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1998
Provides an overview of the conceptual analysis of the unit fraction that provided the framework for developing a comprehensive array of fraction activities for fourth-grade students. Reveals the students' difficulties in learning the unit-fraction concept and discusses the didactical implications of these difficulties. Contains 15 references.…
Descriptors: Fractions, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Activities
Boulet, Genevieve – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1999
Describes a teaching experiment conducted over a period of four consecutive days with 13 fourth grade students who had already completed a unit of fractions to determine whether problematic size was the ordering criteria. Concludes that children can indeed order fractions as they do natural numbers. (Contains 11 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Classification, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Fractions
