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A Focus on Ratios and Proportions: Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom book cover

1st Edition

A Focus on Ratios and Proportions Bringing Mathematics Education Research to the Classroom

By Marjorie M. Petit, Robert E. Laird, Matthew F. Wyneken, Frances R. Huntoon, Mary D. Abele-Austin, Jean D. Sequeira Copyright 2020
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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This resource offers a groundbreaking effort to make mathematics education research on ratios and proportions readily accessible and understandable to preservice and in-service teachers of grades 6 to 8. Using extensive annotated samples of student work and based on research gathered in the Ongoing Assessment Project (OGAP), A Focus on Ratios and Proportions teaches readers how students develop... Read more

　

Preface

Acknowledgements

    1. Understanding Ratio, Rates, and Proportions

    2. Deepening Understanding of Ratio and Proportion Concepts

    3. Understanding the OGAP Proportionality Framework and Progression

    4. Using the OGAP Ratio and Proportion Progression to Inform Instruction and Student Learning

    5. Structures in Proportion Problems

    6. Structures in Ratio and Rate Problems

    7. More Problem Contexts

    8. Understanding the Cross Products Procedure

    9. Percents-Building Understanding, Flexibility and Fluency

References

Index

Biography

Marjorie M. Petit is an educational consultant in mathematics instruction and assessment and a co-director of OGAPMath LLC.

Robert E. Laird is Co-Director of Teaching, Learning and Research with the Vermont Mathematics Initiative (VMI), a co-director of OGAPMath LLC, and a member of the OGAP National Professional Development Team.

Matthew F. Wyneken is an associate professor of mathematics education at the University of Michigan-Flint.

Frances R. Huntoon is an educational consultant in mathematics instruction and a member of the OGAP National Professional Development Team.

Mary D. Abele-Austin is a middle school math coach and a member of the OGAP National Professional Development Team.

Jean D. Sequeira is a middle school math interventionist and a member of the OGAP National Professional Development Team.

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