Teaching Percentages, Decimals & Fractions

Description

In this coures, you will :

• Determine why students find the concept of fractions difficult.
• Create strategies to help students demonstrate their understanding and application of fractions.
• Investigate the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percentages and become fluent in their use in a variety of contexts.
• Show an understanding of the mathematical structure rather than just teaching the 'tricks.'
• Solve mathematical problems that are relevant to the situation.
• Learn how to approach fractions, decimals, and percentages as three interconnected topics to avoid teaching the subject in isolation.

Syllabus :

• What is a fraction? The importance of considering the ‘whole’
• Multiplying fractions, decimals and percentages
• Adding and subtracting fractions, decimals and percentages
• Dividing with fractions and decimals
• Problem solving with percentages
• Application of fractions, decimals and percentages across the wider curriculum