Curricular Issues: Teaching Rational Numbers

Vigorous debate is taking place on the relative emphasis to be given fractions and decimals. Pro and con arguments use the facts of poor performance on all state and national mathematics tests, the certain but slow introduction of the metric system in the United States, the widespread use of calcula...

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Published in:The Arithmetic teacher 1984-02, Vol.31 (6), p.14-17
Main Author: Payne, Joseph N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arithmetic
Children
Decimals
Fractions
Grade levels
High school students
Junior high schools
Mathematical notation
Mathematical sets
Mathematics education
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Summary:Vigorous debate is taking place on the relative emphasis to be given fractions and decimals. Pro and con arguments use the facts of poor performance on all state and national mathematics tests, the certain but slow introduction of the metric system in the United States, the widespread use of calculators, and the real-life uses of fractions and decimals
ISSN:0004-136X
DOI:10.5951/AT.31.6.0014