FRACTIONS: CONCEPTUAL AND DIDACTIC ASPECTS

Abstract

Fractions represent the manner of writing parts of whole numbers (integers). Rules for operations with fractions differ from rules for operations with integers. Students face difficulties in understanding fractions, especially operations with fractions. These difficulties are well known in didactics of Mathematics throughout the world and there is a lot of research regarding problems in learning about fractions. Methods for facilitating understanding fractions have been discovered, which are essentially related to visualizing operations with fractions.

Keywords

• fractions
• numerator
• denominator
• manipulative and visual representation
• proportional reasoning