In this math lesson, students learn multiple ways to add fractions and about bar modeling. In this lesson, students learn multiple ways to add fractions and how bar modeling simplifies word problems.

Students will find common denominators to help add fractions with unlike denominators. Students will join Ms. MacDonald to find common denominators to help add fractions with unlike denominators.

Fractions can be added in different ways: When the denominators are the same, add the numerators. Sometimes the final answer can be simplified. close simplify (a fraction)To reduce a fraction to its ...

Fractions are a notoriously tricky part of elementary math education for many children. Too often teachers struggle to ensure students are grasping the conceptual underpinnings of this complicated ...

Tapping out a beat may help children learn difficult fraction concepts, according to new findings. An innovative curriculum uses rhythm to teach fractions at a California school where students in a ...

We present a case study of teaching and learning fraction addition on number lines in one 6th-grade classroom that used the Connected Mathematics Project Bits and Pieces II materials. Our main ...

Over the past year, since I took over the common-core math beat, I’ve been thinking a lot about fractions. As I wrote in November, the Common Core State Standards for mathematics emphasize fractions ...

Fractions, often perceived as daunting, become manageable with the right approach. Addition and subtraction require finding a common denominator, while multiplication involves directly multiplying ...

Tapping out a beat may help children learn difficult fraction concepts, according to new findings due to be published in the journal Educational Studies in Mathematics. An innovative curriculum uses ...