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Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, 2010. — 90 p.
Siegler R., Carpenter T., Fennell F., Geary D., Lewis J., Okamoto Y., Thompson L., Wray J.This practice guide presents five recommendations intended to help educators improve students’ understanding of fractions. Recommendations include strategies to develop young children’s understanding of early fraction concepts and ideas for helping older children understand the meaning of fractions and the computations involved. The guide also highlights ways to build on students’ existing strategies to solve problems involving ratios, rates, and proportions.
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IES PRACTICE GUIDE
WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE
Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten Through 8th Grade
NCEE 2010-4039
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Review of Recommendations The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) publishes practice guides in education to bring the best available evidence and expertise to bear on current challenges in education. Authors of practice guides combine their expertise with the findings of rigorous research, when available, to develop specific recommendations for addressing these challenges. The authors rate the strength of the research evidence supporting each of their recommendations. See Appendix A for a full description of practice guides. The goal of this practice guide is to offer educators specific evidence-based recommendations that address the challenge of improving students’ understanding of fraction concepts in kindergarten through 8th grade. The guide provides practical, clear information on critical topics related to the teaching of fractions and is based on the best available evidence as judged by the authors. Practice guides published by IES are offered on our website at whatworks.ed.gov/publications/ practiceguides. Practice guides published to date are shown in the following table.
Practice Guides Published
Relevant for All Grade Levels
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Relevant for Elementary School
Relevant for Secondary School
Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades (February 2009)
Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades (December 2007)
Improving Reading Comprehension in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (September 2010)
Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom (September 2008)
Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools (April 2009)
Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten Through 8th Grade (September 2010)
Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (August 2008)
Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement (July 2009)
Dropout Prevention (August 2008)
Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do (September 2009)
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