SUPPORTING FRACTIONS AS MEASURES IN AN ONLINE MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSE.
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| Title: | SUPPORTING FRACTIONS AS MEASURES IN AN ONLINE MATHEMATICS METHODS COURSE. |
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| Authors: | Moss, Diana1 dmoss@unr.edu, MacDonald, Beth L.2 beth.macdonald@usu.edu, Boyce, Steven3 sboyce@pdx.edu, Bertolone-Smith, Claudia4 cmbertolone-smith@csuchico.edu |
| Source: | Conference Papers -- Psychology of Mathematics & Education of North America. 2020, p1667-1671. 5p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Study & teaching of fractions, *Elementary school teachers, *Teacher education, *Mathematics education, Rational numbers |
| Abstract: | This brief report describes the initial results of The Fractions as Measures for Prospective Elementary School Teachers (PTs) Study. Research shows that PTs' conceptions of fractions on a part-whole understanding may be problematic when teaching children about improper fractions. We created an instructional lesson sequence for PTs focused on using unitizing, iterating, and partitioning to think of fractions as measures in multiple situations. Initial results from this ongoing study indicate that PTs' manipulations of unpartitioned rod manipulatives supported both their construction of more powerful fractions schemes and their ability to verbally justify their reasoning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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