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Fraction Circles

Fraction Circles. Building Understanding Dispelling Misunderstanding. Leading Math Success.

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Fraction Circles

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  1. Fraction Circles Building Understanding Dispelling Misunderstanding

  2. Leading Math Success A focus on deep learning of particular mathematics topics – through a variety of strategies, including working with concrete materials – leads to greater conceptual depth. (Ben-Chaim, Fey, Fitzgerald, Benedetto, & Miller, 1998; Fletcher, Hope & Wagner, 2001; Siemon et al., 2001

  3. Introducing Fraction Circles

  4. Virtual Fraction Pieces http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

  5. Developing Understanding • Each person wants to eat one half of his pizza. How many pieces must each person eat? Record your answer in fractional form.

  6. Dispelling Misunderstanding • When adding fractions, Joey adds the numerators and the denominators as follows: • How can you use fraction circles to dispel this misunderstanding?

  7. Reflection • Timed Retell • How can you use fraction circles to show the relationship among fractions, decimals, and percentages? • Person A: Answer the question. • Person B: Retell what you just heard.

  8. Next Steps Explore fraction activities on the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives website. http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html Journal Writing Now that I’ve worked with fraction circles I feel…

  9. Leading Math Success “The key to the successful use of manipulatives lies in the bridge - which must be built by the teacher - between the artifact and the underlying mathematical concepts.”

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