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Direct linkPhelps, Katherine A. G. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2012
During the winter of 2011, the author faced an instructional dilemma: Should she teach the concept of adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators using a "quick trick" for the sake of staying on schedule, or should she try something different in hopes that her students would gain understanding through their own methods? The latter…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 5, Mathematical Concepts, Elementary School Mathematics
