May 2008, Vol. 13, Issue 9
What Do Students Need to Learn about Division of Fractions?
Yeping Li
The various ways fractions are divided and why students need to learn about fractions through dividing them. Some Chinese perspectives may be insightful to problem-solving and working flexibly with fractions; Chinese students are expected to learn more than just the computational rule for fraction division. Several problems are presented.
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