Fractions: A weeping sore in mathematics education

Abstract

In four different countries, including our own, the same problems keep cropping up - children do not connect simple tasks, such as sharing, with the written fractions they meet in class. Research and good advice therefrom.

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Ellerton, N., & Clements, K. (1994). Fractions: A weeping sore in mathematics education. Set: Research Information for Teachers, 2, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.18296/set.0951
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