­ The­nasties…long­division­and­fractions­

To­illustrate­some­ideas­for­teaching­maths­topics­I­have­picked­long­division­and­fractions.­ I­would­guess­that­the­two­leading­contenders­for­the­most­anxiety­inducing,­no-attempt­ causing,­high­error­rate­topics­in­numeracy­are­these­two­topics,­long­division­and­fractions.­I­could­speculate­as­to­why­this­is­so…

Long­division­by­the­traditional­method­(Figure­10.1)­makes­several­demands.­Let’s­do­a­ task analysis.