Session Format
Presentation Session (45 minutes)
Location
Room 1601
Abstract for the conference program
The aim of this session is to demonstrate the tools used to help reinforce and recreate students’ conceptual knowledge of fractions, specifically targeting the unit of reference. These manipulatives will provide teachers with instructional support for Common Core Standards, which emphasize critical thinking skills and various representations of knowledge, specifically with fractions. Participants will become actively engaged in learning about these tools, including jumping on a number line floor mat, working with circular fraction pieces and placing fractions on a number line rope. By representing knowledge through circular and linear methods, students will use critical thinking skills and support will be provided for fraction concepts.
Proposal Track
Research Project
Start Date
3-8-2013 2:45 PM
End Date
3-8-2013 3:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Dunn, Rachel, "Integrating Manipulatives to Improve Fraction Concepts" (2013). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 31.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2013/2013/31
Integrating Manipulatives to Improve Fraction Concepts
Room 1601
The aim of this session is to demonstrate the tools used to help reinforce and recreate students’ conceptual knowledge of fractions, specifically targeting the unit of reference. These manipulatives will provide teachers with instructional support for Common Core Standards, which emphasize critical thinking skills and various representations of knowledge, specifically with fractions. Participants will become actively engaged in learning about these tools, including jumping on a number line floor mat, working with circular fraction pieces and placing fractions on a number line rope. By representing knowledge through circular and linear methods, students will use critical thinking skills and support will be provided for fraction concepts.
