Volume 3, Edition 13 – What Research Says about Teaching Fractions

Welcome to this edition of Best Practices Weekly. Today we’ll be discussing best practices for teaching fractions.

There are a number of different methods out there for teaching fractions. A recent article on EdWeek describes new research on fractions that point to the need to teach fractions in a more conceptual way, especially in light of the Common Core standards, which call for more fraction learning to occur in middle elementary grades.

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