About the Author: Rusty Bresser

Rusty Bresser, M.A.
  • Published On: March 21, 2025By 9.4 min readViews: 3336Comments Off on Introducing Division with Fractions: 5 Teaching Tips for Success

    “Yours is not to reason why, just invert and multiply!” Sound familiar? This is how many of us learned how to divide fractions, by using the “invert and multiply” algorithm. But did we really understand...

  • Published On: March 20, 2025By 8.9 min readViews: 3521Comments Off on Developing Decimal Number Sense

    Before you read on, think about how you would respond if someone asked you what it means to have decimal number sense.  If you’re struggling, don’t worry, number sense is hard to define. According to...