Even though this video presents information regarding the instruction of fractions at a 3rd grade level, it is important for understanding a conceptual piece that is often missing in the student's understanding of fractions. That piece is seeing fractions as actual numbers on a number line.
So if students are missing this conceptual piece, perhaps we need to find ways (and the time) to provide that instruction in the classroom.
To read the article this was attached to (Approach to Fractions Seen as Key Shift n Common Standards), click here.
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