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Ep 188: Fractions - The Whole Matters
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Does it really matter what we call the whole? In this episode Pam and Kim take a closer look at fraction problems where the unit matters.
Talking Points:
- Kim and the beach
- How can there be 2 possible answers to the question "What is 1/2?"
- Focusing on the unit
- Naming the unit
- What happens when the unit changes?
- Help students focus on the unit, changing the unit, and finding a fractional amount of that new unit
- Even test writers struggle with fractions
- Re-unitizing will support students to reason through fraction multiplication
Check out our social media
Twitter: @PWHarris
Instagram: Pam Harris_math
Facebook: Pam Harris, author, mathematics education
Linkedin: Pam Harris Consulting LLC
Register for the FREE Math is FigureOutAble Challenge: https://www.mathisfigureoutable.com/challenge
288 episodes
Manage episode 397035408 series 2858349
Does it really matter what we call the whole? In this episode Pam and Kim take a closer look at fraction problems where the unit matters.
Talking Points:
- Kim and the beach
- How can there be 2 possible answers to the question "What is 1/2?"
- Focusing on the unit
- Naming the unit
- What happens when the unit changes?
- Help students focus on the unit, changing the unit, and finding a fractional amount of that new unit
- Even test writers struggle with fractions
- Re-unitizing will support students to reason through fraction multiplication
Check out our social media
Twitter: @PWHarris
Instagram: Pam Harris_math
Facebook: Pam Harris, author, mathematics education
Linkedin: Pam Harris Consulting LLC
Register for the FREE Math is FigureOutAble Challenge: https://www.mathisfigureoutable.com/challenge
288 episodes
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