A Comparative Analysis of the Addition and Subtraction of Fractions in Textbooks from Three Countries
A Comparative Analysis of the Addition and Subtraction of Fractions in Textbooks from Three Countries
In this paper, we report on a comparison of the treatment of addition and subtraction of fractions in primary mathematics textbooks used in Cyprus, Ireland, and Taiwan. To this end, we use a framework specifically developed to investigate the learning opportunities afforded by the textbooks, particularly with respect to the …