Can Your Students Speak Fractions

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Can Your Students Speak Fractions?
Presented by Andy Wilson, Jackie Vogel and Mary
Lou Witherspoon Austin Peay State University at
MAA MathFest, August 10, 2006
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Can Your Students Speak Fractions?
Model for involving pre-service teachers in
standards-based instruction Math 4100 field
placement Prepare and teach a six-day unit in
small group setting Schools help determine
grade level, topic and appropriate schedule
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Can Your Students Speak Fractions?
The Fractions Unit The language of fractions
Equivalence of fractions using die-cut pieces
through a sharing scenario Benchmark of 1/2
Solving word problems No explicit teaching of
the fraction algorithms was done
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Can Your Students Speak Fractions?
The Fractions Unit Everything was approached
through modeling and problem solving Improper
fractions and mixed numbers were included in the
unit alongside proper fractions - not
separately Children were expected to explain
their reasoning throughout the unit
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Can Your Students Speak Fractions?
The Fractions Unit - Example Activities Unit
Directions Circle Handout Pizza Pieces
Sharing Cookies Pizza Problems Match Game
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Student 111 Pre-Test Question 1
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Student 111 Post-Test Question 1
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Student 111 Pre-Test Question 3
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Student 111 Post-Test Question 3
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Student 111 Pre-Test Question 6
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Student 111 Post-Test Question 6
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Student 96 Pre-Test Question 1
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Student 96 Post-Test Question 1
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Student 96 Pre-Test Question 3
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Student 96 Post-Test Question 3
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Can Your Students Speak Fractions?
If you have further questions or comments, please
contact us at wilsona_at_apsu.edu witherspoonm_at_apsu.
edu vogelj_at_apsu.edu