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Selwyn, Jasper – Mathematics Teaching, 1980
Noitcarf numbers provide a simulation activity that allows teachers or education students to gain an understanding of the feelings of students who are taught mathematics by a "rules" method. They are actually an abstract presentation of operations with fractions. (MK)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Mathematics Education
Thomas, Diane J. – NCTM Yearbook, 1978
Capturing junior high school students' interest in computation is the aim. Three activities are described in which computation acts as a needed tool within a problem-solving context. (MN)
Descriptors: Computation, Instruction, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedPrevost, Fernand J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1984
Activities are given to assist students in seeing a rationale for the difficult algorithms we teach for fractions. Both interpretations of fractions and operations with fractions are discussed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Decimal Fractions
