TY - BOOK AU - Empson,Susan B. AU - Levi,Linda TI - Extending children's mathematics: fractions and decimals SN - 0325030537 AV - QA117 .E47 2011 U1 - 372.72 22 PY - 2011///] CY - Portsmouth, N.H. PB - Heinemann KW - Decimal fractions KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Study and teaching (Middle school) N1 - 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 ER -