Lessons for Multiplying and Dividing Fractions: Grades 5-6 (Teaching Arithmetic)

In this book, Marilyn Burns tackles the topic of how to teach students to multiply and divide fractions-and understand what they are doing. Students build conceptual understanding as they develop proficiency. Teachers using these activities have reported that for the first time, they themselves understand the underlying rationale, and how to teach it, for how we multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers.