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Fifth Grade Students' Understanding on the Big Ideas Related to Addition of Fractions with Different Denominators  

Lee, Jiyoung (Paldal Elementary School)
Pang, JeongSuk (Korea National University of Education)
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School Mathematics / v.18, no.4, 2016 , pp. 793-818 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore in detail $5^{th}$ grade students' understanding on the big ideas related to addition of fraction with different denominators: fixed whole unit, necessity of common measure, and recursive partitioning connected to algorithms. We conducted teaching experiments on 15 fifth grade students who had learned about addition of fractions with different denominators using the current textbook. Most students approached to the big ideas related to addition of fractions in a procedural way. However, some students were able to conceptually understand the interpretations and algorithms of fraction addition by quantitatively thinking about the context and focusing on the structures of units. Building on these results, this study is expected to suggest specific implications on instruction methods for addition of fractions with different denominators.
Keywords
The big ideas related to addition of fractions with different denominators; Recursive partitioning;
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