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Re: The Teaching of Fractions

By all means, please continue to do the best that you know how to do.

The MALEI Clinic has done very well with fractions, for decades. Its

Wu knows a good bit about the mathematics of fractions ... about as much as is known in the field of teacher-education. His article on CCSS-fractions

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Robert Hansen wrote:
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> On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:00 PM,

The concept of fractions in no way depends on operations with whole numbers
... other than on counting. It depends only on (what amounts to)

On Oct 29, 2012, at 12:36 AM, "Clyde Greeno @ MALEI" wrote:

> Science will soon reveal

On Oct 29, 2012, at 12:36 AM, "Clyde Greeno @ MALEI" wrote:

> That mess came from his

Bob:

Many thanks for your link to Wu's listing of the CCSS criteria for
curricular education in fractions ... and thanks to Wu, for

On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Jonathan Crabtree wrote:

> "I would not start

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Robert Hansen wrote:
> Here is a link to what H.Wu wrote last

"I would not start teaching fractions until multiplication and division (with whole numbers) are firmly established."

Thank you for this post