September 2015, Vol. 22, Issue 2
The Richness of Children’s Fraction Strategies
Laura B. Kent, Susan B. Empson, and Lynne Nielsen
Fifth graders explore approaches to solving a division-of-fractions problem introduced within the context of hot chocolate servings.
How would you decide when to give your students a problem that involves division of fractions, such as this Hot Chocolate problem:
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