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Making Sense of Drawn Models for Operations of Fractions Involving Mixed Numbers

  • Noh, Jihwa (Department of Mathematics Education Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2018.02.13
  • Accepted : 2018.02.27
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

This study examined preservice elementary teachers' patterns and tendencies in thinking of drawn models of multiplication with fractions. In particular, it investigated preservice elementary teachers' work in a context where they were asked to select among drawn models for symbolic expressions illustrating multiplication with non-whole number fractions including a mixed number. Preservice teachers' interpretations of fraction multiplication used in interpreting different types of drawn models were analysed-both quantitatively and qualitatively. Findings and implications are discussed and further research is suggested.

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