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Empson, Susan B.,

Extending children's mathematics : fractions and decimals / Susan B. Empson, Linda Levi ; foreword by Thomas P. Carpenter. - xxvi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.

Introduction : issues in learning fractions and decimals : rethinking our approach -- Equal sharing problems and children's strategies for solving them -- From the classroom : getting started with fractions -- Multiple groups problems and children's strategies for solving them -- Relational thinking: connecting fractions and algebra -- From the classroom: making relational thinking explicit -- Understanding fraction equivalence and order -- Understanding decimals -- Understanding operations on fractions and decimals -- The long view : learning to use children's thinking to guide instruction.

ISBN: 0325030537 9780325030531

LCCN: 2011001314

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Decimal fractions--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Decimal fractions--Study and teaching (Middle school)

LC Class. No.: QA117 / .E47 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 372.72