Back when I was in fifth or sixth grade and learning decimals, I was questioning why they were important. Fractions were useful. But decimals were just a useless alternative to fractions, I thought.

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Using a variety of sports statistics, students will compare, add, and subtract decimals. Using a variety of sports statistics, students will compare, add, and subtract decimals. We will start with the ...

Find your added subjects in My Bitesize. Find out how to write decimals using tenths and hundredths. What are negative numbers? Find out how to count backwards from zero and order negative numbers.

We know what will work to help kids catch up after the pandemic’s unprecedented disruptions to education. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report as part of a collaboration with The Alabama ...

There’s really no such number as “point three seven five.” Yet that’s how a lot of students say .375, and a big reason for this is that’s how a lot of teachers say it--including me until I realized ...

Child Development, Vol. 87, No. 1, SPECIAL SECTION: Epigenetics, Child Behavior and Development: Unraveling the Gene-Environment Interaction (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016), pp. 154-164 (11 pages) The ...