Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Sizes of Wholes in Fraction Multiplication

Session Submission Type: Individual Session

Description for Program

This session focuses on elementary preservice teachers’ understanding of wholes in the context of fraction multiplication. The presenters will share a classification scheme for strategies and representations, and discuss the connections between understanding of wholes and fraction computations.

Sub Unit

• Mathematical Content Knowledge

Lead Presenter

• Jae M. Baek, Illinois State University

Co-Presenters

• Jennifer M. Tobias, Illinois State University

• Megan H. Wickstrom, Montana State University

• Elif Safak, Illinois State University