The Fall of Fractions: Using EdTech Tools and Research to Transform the Way We Teach Fractions
SESSION DATES & TIMES COMING IN AUGUST 2026
Audience Classification: Digital Learning Audience Expertise: All Levels - This session is intentionally designed to engage and provide value across experience levels-from beginners to seasoned leaders. Grade Level Focus: Elementary Schools Does this session focus on a specific product? Yes – Created by our organization – The session includes content about a product or service that our organization has developed or offers.
Learning Experience Designer ExploreLearning Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Abstract Description : Fraction knowledge in grade 5 is the strongest predictor of high school mathematics achievement, yet we've struggled with effective fraction instruction for decades. It's time for a breakthrough. Join us to revolutionize your approach by diving deep into student thinking processes and cognitive patterns around fractions. You'll discover research-backed instructional strategies that actually work and learn to identify, then fill, critical foundation gaps that hold students back. This PechaKucha will open your eyes to practical tools and supported instruction methods that ensure every student can master fractions. Whether you teach elementary or secondary mathematics, you'll leave with actionable strategies to transform one of math education's most persistent challenges into your students' greatest strength. Stop accepting fraction struggles as inevitable. Discover how understanding student cognition plus proven resources equals fraction success for all learners.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of why fractions are essential and how they are challenging to learn.
Participants will learn how resources and digital tools can support a new way of learning fractions with research-backed methods.
