Putting Fractions Together (PFT): Improving Children's Understanding of Fractions and Fraction Arithmetic
About the Intervention
Putting Fractions Together (PFT)
Statistical Findings
Positive effect on children's understanding of individual fractions
Positive effect on children's understanding of fraction addition with equal denominators
Positive effect on children's understanding of fraction addition with unequal denominators
Greater improvement in understanding of fraction addition with unequal denominators for children who received the individual-fractions-and-sums intervention compared to those who received the individual-fractions intervention
Positive effect on children's ability to compare fraction sums to one
Positive effect on children's use of estimation strategies for comparing fraction sums to one
Greater improvement in children's ability to estimate unequal-denominator fraction sums for those who received the fraction-sums intervention compared to those who received the whole-number-sums intervention
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Focus Areas
N/APrograms & Services
General EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Student(s)Source
S. Siegler, R. & W. Braithwaite, D. (2021). Putting Fractions Together (ED612394). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED612394.pdf.
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