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Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents focuses on children in grades 58 as they construct deep understandings of Fractions, Decimals, and Percents. Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk focus on the development of big ideas and define mathematics as "mathematizing" structuring, modeling, and interpreting the world mathematically. They show how rich contexts promote inquiry, problem solving, and construction, that let children pursue mathematical ideas.