Empson, Susan B., <br/><br/>
Extending children's mathematics :  fractions and decimals / 
Susan B. Empson, Linda Levi ; foreword by Thomas P. Carpenter. 
 - xxvi, 242 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0325030537 9780325030531 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011001314 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decimal fractions--Study and teaching (Elementary)<br/>Decimal fractions--Study and teaching (Middle school)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA117  / .E47 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.72