Making Sense of Fractions, Ratios, and Proportions (2002 NCTM Yearbook)
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Contents
Preface
Part 1: Elementary School
- Introduction by Judith Sowder
- The Development of Students' Knowledge of Fractions and Ratios by John P. Smith III
- Children's Development of Meaningful Fraction Algorithms: A Kid's Cookies and a Puppy's Pills by Janet M. Sharp, Joe Garofalo, and Barbara Adams
- Organizing Diversity in Early Fraction Thinking by Susan B. Empson
- Using Manipulative Models to Build Number Sense for Addition and Fractions by Kathleen Cramer and Apryl Henry
- Young Children's Growing Understanding of Fraction Ideas by Elena Steencken and Carolyn A. Maher
- Go Ask Alice About Multiplication of Fractions by Susan B. Taber
- Examining Dimensions of Fraction Operation Sense by DeAnn Huinker
- Part-Whole Comparisons with Unitizing by Sue Lamon
- Butterflies and Caterpillars: Multiplicative and Proportional Reasoning in the Early Grades by Patricia Ann Kenney, Mary M. Lindquist, and Cristina L. Heffernan
Classroom Challenges: Exploring Proportional Reasoning: Mr. Tall/Mr. Short; 3/5's Problem; The Part-Whole Relationship
Part 2: Middle School
- Introduction by Teresa Yazujian
- Percents and Proportion at the Center: Altering the Teaching Sequence for Rational Number by Joan Moss
- Making Explicit What Students Know About Representing Fractions by Barbara M. Moskal and Maria E. Magone
- Using Literature as a Vehicle to Explore Proportional Reasoning by Denisse R. Thompson, Richard A. Austin, and Charlene E. Beckmann
- Proportional Reasoning: One Problem, Many Solutions! by Suzanne Levin Weinberg
- Using Representational Contexts to Support Multiplicative Reasoning by Laura B. Kent, Joyce Arnosky, and Judy McMonagle
- Fraction Division Interpretations by Rose Sinicrope, Harold W. Mick, and John R. Kolb
- Developing Understanding of Ratio and Measure as a Foundation for Slope by Joanne Lobato and Eva Thanheiser
- Using Technology to Teach Concepts of Speed by Janet Bowers, Susan Nickerson, and Garrett Kenehan
Classroom Challenges: Number Patterns; Candy Bars and Lawns; Condo Problem
Part 3: Professional Development
- Introduction by David Duncan
- Developing Students' Proportional Reasoning: A Chinese Perspective by Jinfa Cai and Wei Sun
- The Development of Rational Number Sense by Irene T. Miura and Jennifer M. Yamagishi
- Multiplicitave Reasoning: Developing Student's Shared Meanings by Christina Gomez
- Fraction Instruction That Fosters Multiplicative Reasoning by Lee Vanhille and Arthur J. Baroody
- Profound Undersanding of Division of Fractions by Alfinio Flores
- Connecting Informal Thinking and Algorithms: The Case of Division of Fractions by Daniel Siebert
Classroom Challenges: Fraction Problem; Fraction Problem; A Fraction Activity
Cite
APA 7
Litwiller, B., & Bright, G. (Eds.). (2002). Making sense of fractions, ratios, and proportions. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.