Power On! Promoting Classroom Dialogue: Using Calculators to Discover Patterns in Dividing Decimals.

Williams, Susan E.; Copley, Juanita V.

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ERIC Number: EJ491814

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Publication Date: 1994

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Power On! Promoting Classroom Dialogue: Using Calculators to Discover Patterns in Dividing Decimals.

Williams, Susan E.; Copley, Juanita V.

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v1 n1 p72-75 Apr 1994

Discusses the collaboration between a university and local school district in the use of calculators to help students discover patterns and to estimate quotients when dividing decimals. (MKR)

Descriptors: Calculators, Decimal Fractions, Division, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Experiential Learning, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Patterns in Mathematics, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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