The effect of mathematics events on the adjustment of students' errors in fractions
International Journal of Development Research
The effect of mathematics events on the adjustment of students' errors in fractions
Received 06th August, 2019; Received in revised form 03rd September, 2019; Accepted 20th October, 2019; Published online 30th November, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Yousef Methkal Abd Algani. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The article discusses the common errors, the misconceptions and the problems related to the topic of comparing fractions and methods of teaching them. The following research is based on the qualitative approach which aims at examining the existing problems and ways of addressing them. The researcher discovered the significance of the conceptual instruction of the concept itself and the usage of the research methods, while avoiding indoctrinating the subject and using the ritual approach. The importance of the research lies in highlighting a vital and fundamental topic in teaching mathematics in the primary stage in order to provide the students with skills they can use in their later stages of learning.
