Developing Multiplicative Thinking from Additive Reasoning

Jennifer M. Tobias; Janet B. Andreasen

doi:10.5951/teacchilmath.20.2.0102

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Developing Multiplicative Thinking from Additive Reasoning

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 20: Issue 2

Page(s):: 102–109

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.20.2.0102

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Subjects:: Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Teacher:Early Career, Grades 3-5, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Grades 6-8, Sixth, Grades PK-2, Second, Math Topic, Algebra, Algebraic Thinking/Pre-algebra Concepts, Algebraic Thinking, Number, Number & Operations—Fractions, Other Topic, Teaching and Learning Instruction, Conceptual Development

Keywords:: CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.3; CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3a; CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.4a; CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3c; CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3b; CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.3a; CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.C.4

Using the context of restaurants and ratios to find equivalent fractions can push students' strategies forward.

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^*Jennifer M. Tobias, jtobias@ilstu.edu, is an assistant professor of mathematics education at Illinois State University in Normal. She is interested in how students develop an understanding of fraction concepts and operations and the preparation of teachers.

Janet B. Andreasen, Janet.Andreasen@ucf.edu, is an instructor of mathematics education and the coordinator of secondary education at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. She is interested in mathematical knowledge for teaching, using technology in teaching mathematics and in training teachers, as well as meeting the needs of all students in mathematics classrooms.

(Corresponding author is Tobias jtobias@ilstu.edu)

(Corresponding author is Andreasen Janet.Andreasen@ucf.edu)

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Article Category:: Research Article

Print Publication Date:: 01 Sep 2013

Online Publication Date:: Sep 2013

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