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Teaching mathematics
Teaching mathematics

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Week 2: Teaching and learning: percentages and fractions

Introduction

In this week’s study you will read about the effectiveness of diagrammatic representations in helping learners to access mathematics and to develop their conceptual understanding of fractions, decimals, percentages and the equivalent relationships between them.

You will also see how some symbolic representations may have multiple meanings which can challenge learners.