Developing Fractions Knowledge
- Amy J. Hackenberg - Indiana University - Bloomington, USA
- Anderson Norton - Virginia Tech University, USA
- Robert J Wright - Southern Cross University, Australia
Math Recovery
These key stages are identified as:
- Stage 1a: Fair Sharing
- Stage 1b: Part-Whole
- Stage 2a: Disembedding and IteratingStage 2b: Measuring with Unit Fractions
- Stage 2c: Reversing Fractions
- Stage 3a: Fractions as Numbers
- Stage 3b: Operating with Fractions
I have been waiting with baited breath for this book to be published! It does not disappoint.
Chapters 1 and 2 give a fantastic step by step overview to the development in understanding of fractions which children will go through.
Really like the layout and that each chapter is dedicated to a stage in development as well as having assessment tasks and activities included in each.
We have already started our course but I hope to ensure this is recommended for next year. I will be suggesting this book to my students and will ensure an e-copy is in our library at the very least.
I hope this book will be instrumental in educating our students in how to ensure conceptual fractional development as most other texts simply show students how to teach using pre-partitioned shapes.
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1 - Professional Learning and Three Grand Organizers for Arithmetic Inst
