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Lappan, Glenda, Ed. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1987
Described are children's strategies in thinking about fraction order and equivalence. The data are based on two teaching experiments with fourth and fifth-grade children. Some sample activities for teaching order and equivalence are included. (RH)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Hoare, Graham T. Q. – Mathematics in School, 1982
Work with recurring decimals provides pupils with an opportunity for exploration and examination of a wide variety of mathematical ideas and strategies. Examples of work done by one group of pupils who were presented with an opportunity to explore such decimals is featured. (MP)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions
Behr, Merlyn J.; Bright, George W. – 1984
A two-year study was conducted with fourth-grade children in the context of extensive teaching experiments concerned with the learning of rational number concepts. Representational difficulties in using the number line model were investigated. While instruction in the second year attempted to resolve observed learning difficulties, the results of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Coxford, Arthur F.; Ellerbruch, Lawrence W. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1975
A series of activities designed to help primary school children understand the meaning of the term "fraction," the symbolization, and equivalence of fractions are presented. Identification of units and pictorial representation are stressed, as is the uses of concrete materials. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
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Skypek, Dora Helen B. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1984
Interpretation of rational numbers as fractions, ratios, percentages, and quotients of integers are discussed. Then coding conventions are noted, and equivalence classes are described. Finally, density and order are discussed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Division, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
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Dana, Marcia; Lindquist, Mary Montgomery – Arithmetic Teacher, 1978
Four games and some variations which can be used to practice facts and operations are described. (JT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computation, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education
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Bennett, Albert B., Jr. – Mathematics Teacher, 1989
A visual model of fractions, the tower of bars, is used to discover patterns. Examples include equalities, inequalities, sums of unit fractions, sums of differences, symmetry, and differences and products. Infinite sequences of numbers, infinite series, and concepts of limits can be introduced. (DC)
Descriptors: Charts, Class Activities, Discovery Learning, Fractions
Kerslake, Daphne – 1986
This report describes an investigation in England of some of the problems children experience with fractions. In particular, the restricted view that some children have of fractions is investigated. The methodology involved a large number of interviews with secondary school children (aged 12-14). The results of these interviews led to the design…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Fractions, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Curriculum
Benander, Lynn; Clement, John – 1985
This booklet is a catalog of error patterns found in basic arithmetic and algebra courses. It is intended to be used as a resource by instructors and tutors teaching these concepts. The material is divided into major concept headings with subheadings. The error patterns are named and given a brief general description followed by a specific example…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Arithmetic, Elementary Education
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Swart, William L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1981
More work with fractions needs to be done in the elementary school, with emphasis on concepts rather than computational algorithms. (MP)
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
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Van Engen, H. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
This is a reprint of an address given at the Christmas National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) meeting in 1958. It provides a critique of elementary instruction and discusses the changes necessary. It calls for fundamental change in the concept of mathematics teaching. (PDD)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Behr, Merlyn J.; And Others – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1988
Children in grades four and five had instruction on fractions with a continuous manipulative aid to help transfer their knowledge to tasks with a discrete manipulative aid. Results suggest that discrete-embodiment tasks are more difficult than continuous-embodiment tasks. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
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Shirley, Lawrence – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1995
Contrasts nominal, cardinal, and ordinal uses of numbers with linguistic and historical examples. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
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Dence, Thomas – Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, 1999
Demonstrates some of the usefulness of number theory to students on the high school setting in four areas: Fibonacci numbers, Diophantine equations, continued fractions, and algorithms for computing pi. (ASK)
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Fractions, High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Calabrese, Ann – 1983
Activities for teaching mathematics in kindergarten through grade 8 are included in this guide. Both original ideas and ideas gleaned from various sources, including teachers in the district, are presented. The introduction briefly discusses the importance of developing understanding of concepts, processes, and relationships, the need for…
Descriptors: Computation, Decimal Fractions, Elementary Education, Fractions
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