3rd Edition
MORE! Teaching Fractions and Ratios for Understanding In-Depth Discussion and Reasoning Activities
By Susan J. Lamon
Copyright 2012
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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More is not an answer key but a resource that provides the scaffolding for the groundbreaking approach to fraction and ratio instruction presented in its companion text, Teaching Fractions and Ratios . Keeping the focus on the reasoning needed to properly understand and teach rational numbers, More shows teachers how to engage in powerful ways of thinking so that they can, in turn, enhance... Read more
- Fractions and Proportional Reasoning: An Overview
- Fractions and Rational Numbers
- Relative Thinking and Measurement
- Quantities and Covariation
- Proportional Reasoning
- Reasoning with Fractions
- Part–Whole Comparisons
- Partitioning as Quotients
- Rational Numbers as Operators
- Fractions as Measures
- Ratios and Rates
- Challenging Problems
Manipulatives
Cuisenaire Strips
Pattern Pieces
Fraction Strips for Partitioning
Biography
Susan J. Lamon is Professor Emerita of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at Marquette University.
