Under the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM), which topics related to fraction addition will elementary teachers cover? Which skills can high school teachers hope that students will ...

We present a case study of teaching and learning fraction addition on number lines in one 6th-grade classroom that used the Connected Mathematics Project Bits and Pieces II materials. Our main ...

Many children fail to master fraction arithmetic even after years of instruction. A recent theory of fraction arithmetic (Braithwaite, Pyke, & Siegler, 2017) hypothesized that this poor learning of ...

Mathematics hands-on classroom activity isolated cartoon vector illustration set. Addition and subtraction in primary school, learn to group objects, identify equivalent fractions vector cartoon.

A solid foundation in fraction understanding is critical for success with higher-level mathematics topics, such as algebra, and for competing in the American workforce (Geary, Hoard, Nugent, & Bailey, ...

Abstract: This paper aimed to investigate the effect of a mobile app on mathematics learning in authentic contexts. Authentic contexts contain rich resources wherein students can use authentic objects ...

ABSTRACT: In this paper, analysis of the performance of candidates in Mathematics in Primary School Leaving Examination was conducted with the aim of highlighting difficulties encountered in solving ...

The goal of this study was to describe fraction-calculation errors among fourth-grade students and to determine whether error patterns differed as a function of ...