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Faulkner, Valerie N. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
At the heart of the recent focus on mathematics has been an increased emphasis on developing students' "number sense." Ironically, although growing as a force in the education literature, number sense has not been clearly defined for teachers. Teachers need specific support in understanding how to develop number sense in students, to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Arithmetic, Teachers
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Gregg, Jeff; Gregg, Diana Underwood – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2007
This article discusses two sequences of activities that were developed to support middle school students' and preservice teachers' construction of algorithms for dividing fractions. One sequence is intended to promote understanding of the common-denominator algorithm; the other sequence is intended to promote understanding of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities