TY - BOOK AU - Empson,Susan B. AU - Levi,Linda TI - Extending children's mathematics: fractions and decimals SN - 9780325030531 AV - QA117 .E47 2011 U1 - 372.7/2 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Portsmouth, NH PB - Heinemann KW - Fractions KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Decimal fractions KW - Study and teaching (Middle school) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235) and index; Introduction : issues in learning fractions and decimals : rethinking our approach -- Equal sharing problems and children's strategies for solving them -- From the classroom : getting started with fractions -- Multiple groups problems and children's strategies for solving them -- Relational thinking: connecting fractions and algebra -- From the classroom: making relational thinking explicit -- Understanding fraction equivalence and order -- Understanding decimals -- Understanding operations on fractions and decimals -- The long view : learning to use children's thinking to guide instruction ER -