Teachers' professional competence to select tasks and prepare the task implementation is
considered important for instruction that initiates meaningful learning. Teachers' professional …

Two experiments investigated the whole number bias in the representation of fraction
magnitudes with adults. A fraction magnitude comparison task was used where half of the …

Fractions are well known to be difficult to learn. Various hypotheses have been proposed in
order to explain those difficulties: fractions can denote different concepts; their …

The United Arab Emirates' vision of the 2021 National agenda aimed that its students rank
among the best in the world in mathematics and the sciences. However, fractions remain a …

Background Fractions are known to be difficult for children and adults. Behavioral studies
suggest that magnitude processing of fractions can be improved via number line estimation …

This study aimed to describe the use of multiple representations to improve junior high
school students' understanding of the concept of fractions in terms of gender. The subjects in …

Fraction understanding seems a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it is an important
predictor of later mathematical achievement. On the other hand, it is also one of the topics …

The teaching and learning fractions is one of the most problematic areas in primary school
mathematics. A large number of studies have engaged paper-and-pencil test to measure …

This study investigated understanding of and misconceptions with fractions in college
students enrolled in a remedial mathematics course. Data were collected from 22 college …

This article describes a follow-up analysis of findings from a randomized study that tested
the efficacy of a blended version of Enhanced Anchored Instruction (EAI) designed to …