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ERIC Number: EJ1306117
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jun
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Playing with Fractions
Dixon, Juli K.; Rutledge, Treshonda; Caton, Jennifer C.; Nolan, Edward C.
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v114 n6 p463-467 Jun 2021
Finding ways for students to use manipulatives in a safe, yet collaborative, manner is a challenge the 2020-2021 school year introduced. Teachers scrambled to create a set of manipulatives for individual use on a budget so students could learn from home, in hybrid environments, or in socially distanced classrooms. This article presents a description of a budget-friendly manipulative for fraction instruction that does not compromise educational worth and transitions between remote and face-to-face instruction. The authors have used the construction paper fraction kit for many years and have found it to be an excellent hands-on tool for representing fractions, finding equivalent fractions, and operating with fractions. In this article, the authors share how to prepare the fraction kit and use it to play conceptually focused games in a socially distanced or remote classroom. To play the game, students need to be able to name fractions as part of a whole.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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