Why learning fraction is so hard for the students?
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No offence but you really have to find a way to reach these kids.
I would suggest starting slower/ start with more creative ways.
Take the kids that “get it” and stick them on one side of the room, spend all of 5 minutes with them, give them work for the class.
Take rest of the class, put kids in a circle with their desks.
Suggest that they take 10 items (pick up some buttons or power chips, etc).
1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 4/10, 5/10, 6/10, 7/10, 8/10,9/10, 10/10
That is easy to understand when you show them what you are talking about–actually take your time to go through the process of taking 1 token out & say I have 1/10.
Take 2 tokens, say I have 2/10.
They may look bored–like wtf? But seriously try using baking as a reason to show these kids why you need fractions–apply to those kids a way to use in in practical ways.
IF that doesn’t work–USE MONEY!! They would understand that from a $100, that $10/100 is 1/10
I mean keep trying to find a way because I’m sure that somehow you would find kids in those other countries who would not “get it” either!
Seriously I always found that the teachers felt that they were smarter because they were able to teach the smart kids–but really from a person who always had a hard time learning–a teacher is only smart if he/she can find a way to teach the kids who don’t catch on right away either!
