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Ulrich, Catherine; Wilkins, Jesse L. M. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2017
Background: Students' ability to construct and coordinate units has been found to have far-reaching implications for their ability to develop sophisticated understandings of key middle-grade mathematical topics such as fractions, ratios, proportions, and algebra, topics that form the base of understanding for most STEM-related fields. Most of the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Grade 6, Middle School Students, Mathematics Skills
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Lee, Mi Yeon; Son, Ji-Won; Arabeyyat, Talal – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
This study investigated how pre-service teachers' fractional concepts are related to solving problems involving advanced fractional knowledge. 96 Participants took a written test including three fractions questions about fraction concept, fraction comparison, and multiplicative relationship involving fraction quantities and composite units. The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Fractions, Mathematical Concepts, Problem Solving