Estimation's Role in Calculations with Fractions

Debra I. Johanning

doi:10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.17.2.0096

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Estimation's Role in Calculations with Fractions

Author: Debra I. Johanning

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 17: Issue 2

Page(s):: 96–102

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.17.2.0096

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Subjects:: Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Grades 6-8, Sixth, Seventh, Math Topic, Algebra, Expression/Equation, Number, Number Sets and Systems, Other Topic, Teaching and Learning Instruction

Keywords:: CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.3; CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.2c; CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.2a; CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.1d; CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.1b; CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.1c; CCSS.Math.Content.7.EE.B.3; CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.C.6c; CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.A.1

See how students use number sense and also algorithm sense as tools to develop their understanding of fraction operations.

Contributor Notes

^*Debra I. Johanning, debra.johanning@utoledo.edu, is an associate professor of mathematics education at the University of Toledo. She is interested in middle grades mathematics and the development of fractions and fraction operations.

(Corresponding author is Johanning debra.johanning@utoledo.edu)

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