A focus on fractions [electronic resource] : bringing research to the classroom / Marjorie M. Petit, Robert E. Laird, Edwin L. Marsden.
Series: Studies in mathematical thinking and learningPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2010.Description: xiv, 187 p. : illISBN:- 9780203855515
- Also available in print edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Modeling and developing understanding of fractions -- 2. Inappropriate use of whole number reasoning -- 3. What is the Whole? -- 4. Partitioning -- 5. Comparing and ordering fractions -- 6. Number lines and fractions -- 7. The density of fractions -- 8. Equivalent fractions and comparisons -- 9. Addition and subtraction of fractions -- 10. Multiplication and division of fractions.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.