Running out of time to complete a learning unit on math fractions, Concord Elementary third grade teacher Brianne Sinden ...

This lesson uses models to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions.

Fractions gain traction with real-life models Date: August 27, 2013 Source: Concordia University Summary: For children to understand math, teachers must constantly make the connection between ...

Their findings — published in the highly regarded professional journal Teaching Children Mathematics, as well as in the British Journal of Educational Psychology — show students understand math much ...

An animated journey into the world of rational numbers! A fraction thief disrupts a number town, leading to a fun exploration of fractions, natural numbers, and mathematical concepts.

Fraction Number LinesWe're gonna put our tick mark right in the middle, and we're gonna label it two, because we have two equal parts, and it's in the halfway point in between zero and one.

The program tackles problems of "multi-scale mathematics" - questions that span time scales from fractions of a second to years, and the atomic level to whole watersheds.

Under the Common Core State Standards in mathematics, fractions instruction extends across grades 3 through 6.