Understanding Children's Development of Rational Number Concepts [electronic resource] : Final Research Report / Douglas T. Owens and Ramakrishnan Menon.
This document reports on a small-group teaching experiment whose goal was to understand how fourth- and sixth-grade children develop concepts of common and decimal fractions. Both the Grade 6 and the Grade 4/5 children were taught common and decimal fractions through discussion and by using manipula...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Understanding Children's Development of Rational Number Concepts |h [electronic resource] : |b Final Research Report / |c Douglas T. Owens and Ramakrishnan Menon. |
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| 520 | |a This document reports on a small-group teaching experiment whose goal was to understand how fourth- and sixth-grade children develop concepts of common and decimal fractions. Both the Grade 6 and the Grade 4/5 children were taught common and decimal fractions through discussion and by using manipulatives, beginning with basic concepts of common fractions. Results showed: (1) common fractions were initially interpreted as parts of a whole, using region models; (2) Grade 6 students seemed to find manipulatives helpful, but Grade 4 students used manipulatives less and seemed more interested in completing as many questions as they could without recourse to manipulatives; (3) students were able to relate common and decimal fractions; (4) most students could develop fraction and decimal concepts, learn the associated operations meaningfully, and perform satisfactorily on end-of-unit tests; and (5) teachers felt they had learned much from their involvement in the project, including: the need for clarification of roles of researcher and teacher, importance of student interviews, usefulness of journals and student-constructed questions, and judicious use of worksheets. Appendices contain reports of lessons in Grade 4 and Grade 6, project evaluation by teachers and researchers, pre- and post-test questions, interview questions and transcripts, and worksheets. Contains 14 references. (MKR) | ||
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Decimal Fractions. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Educational Change. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Elementary School Students. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Foreign Countries. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Fractions. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Grade 4. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Grade 6. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Intermediate Grades. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Interviews. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Manipulative Materials. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Mathematics Education. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Mathematics Instruction. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Number Concepts. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Observation. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Rational Numbers. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Student Journals. |2 ericd. |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Teaching Methods. |2 ericd. |
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| 710 | 2 | |a University of British Columbia. |b Department of Mathematics and Science Education. | |
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