Why is Fraction Arithmetic So Hard AND Important!

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I recently stumbled upon the work of Robert Siegler, a professor of cognitive psychology at Carnegie Mellon University who is working with several colleagues to determine why fraction arithmetic is so difficult.   Of course, all the researchers he’s worked with should also be acknowledged (see below), but this is one of those times you read […]

A Fraction-Algebra Sandwich

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Peck and Matassa (2016) recently published a research paper that reinforced why fraction division and multiplication is such an important topic for children to master. We often hear that understanding fractions is a gateway to learning algebra, and these authors offered some pretty compelling reasons why that’s the case. Before we get to the study, […]