Abstract:
This paper reports of a study that investigated Ghanaian JHS students'
understanding of selected concept of fraction. In all, nine JHS 3 students
comprising, three each from high, average and low performing Junior High
schools were purposely selected. An interview guide was developed and
used to interview the student participants. The data collected from the
respondents was analyzed qualitatively and presented as per the concepts
examined. The study revealed among others that the students had a better
understanding of the part-whole concept. The least understood concept was
the equivalence concept
