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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition

Please note: The NCTM conference program is subject to change.

563- Revisiting Ma and What I Learned about Fraction Division

Friday, April 11, 2014: 3:30 PM-4:30 PM
R07 (Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Mary B. Swarthout

Handouts
  • Presentation563-Swarthout-fractiondiv.pdf (352.8 kB)
  • NCTMRegional-swartsharon-oct2012.pdf (986.3 kB)

  • The session revisits Liping Ma’s research on fraction division before sharing an instructional approach used to target fraction division understanding as a part of a research project. The work and examples of participating preservice teachers, together with other results from the study, will be presented and compared to Ma’s earlier research work.

    Presentation Format: Research Session
    Grade Band Audience: Higher Education, Preservice and Inservice

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