Teaching fractions and ratios for understanding [electronic resource] : essential content knowledge and instructional strategies for teachers / Susan J. Lamon.
Publication details: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 237 p. : illISBN:- 9781410617132
- Also available in print edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Fractions and proportional reasoning : an overview -- 2. Fractions and rational numbers -- 3. Relative and absolute thinking -- 4. Measurement -- 5. Quantities and covariation -- 6. Reasoning up and down -- 7. Unitizing -- 8. Sharing and comparing -- 9. Proportional reasoning -- 10. Reasoning with fractions -- 11. Part-whole comparisons with unitizing -- 12. Partitioning and quotients -- 13. Rational numbers as operators -- 14. Rational numbers as measures -- 15. Ratios and rates -- 16. Distance-rate-time relationships -- 17. Similarity and percents -- 18. Changing fraction instruction.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.