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Direct linkOrtiz, Enrique – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2006
The game presented in this article provides for students' development of the use of models, benchmarks, and equivalent forms to judge the size of fractions in a motivational and flexible way.
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Models
Scharton, Susan – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2004
This article challenges the traditional model for teaching computation in the primary grades. It describes a model in which students are encouraged to invent and use alternative computation procedures.
Descriptors: Computation, Teaching Methods, Primary Education, Young Children
