Using a Lifeline To Give Rational Numbers a Personal Touch.

Weidemann, Wanda; Mikovch, Alice K.; Hunt, Jane Braddock

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ERIC Number: EJ672177

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Using a Lifeline To Give Rational Numbers a Personal Touch.

Weidemann, Wanda; Mikovch, Alice K.; Hunt, Jane Braddock

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v7 n4 p210-15 Dec 2001

Describes a number line activity based on students' individual timelines to help students understand the concepts of integers and rational numbers. Middle school students and their parents construct a number line using positive and negative rational numbers to represent dates of events before and after the student's birth. (KHR)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Integers, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Number Concepts, Rational Numbers

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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