Number system

supportive atmosphere in Mark’s home, the activities ran smoothly. Mark engaged in three activities including number sense and addition activity, the combination of mathematical language and numbers activity, and coins activity. During the interactions, one educator observed and took notes, while the other educator initiated activities and managed the process. The first activity was number sense and addition activity. Educator showed five magnets stuck on a whiteboard in a random pattern and…

2014 pp. 90 identifies that a major cause of student’s difficulties in mathematics has been how they understand and process numbers. The teacher then writes on the board 723- 246. The class is asked to copy and complete the above exercise in their books. The teacher then asked a student the answer. The student says “four hundred and seventy-seven”. The teacher interrupts the student:…

needed to begin with consolidating her knowledge of 1-9 number concepts. The diagnostic interview provided valuable insight into her current level of understandings and her mathematical way of thinking. Her responses placed her level of mathematical knowledge as growth point two (Australian Catholic University, 2011), which focuses on two digit numbers. The lessons were planned with a view to progress her to growth point three, three digit numbers (Australian Catholic University).…

This brought about the idea of using cooperative learning strategies to help the students learn from one another and increase each student’s numeracy skills. When students were allowed to speak both English and Arabic, the students’ knowledge of numbers seems to increase slightly. Incorporating different cooperative strategies such as think pair share, roundtable, and strategic grouping will help each student improve their numeracy skills because each will be forced to think, as well as…

children are likely to be helpful/unhelpful in scaffolding their thinking (Bottle, 2005). Drews (2007) also noted that whilst structured manipulatives, such as, Dienes and Cuisenaire are especially helpful for children struggling with decomposition and number property and relationships, unstructured manipulatives such as Multilink, counting materials or collections of shapes are more versatile and encourage children’s own application. The ability to use manipulatives in diverse ways encourages…

read, write (on the calculator) and order two digit numbers with ease. With the bundling…

Counters are tokens which represent units or numbers, so they can be anything. Teachers can cheaply acquire or make a bulk amount of counters to use. Some examples of what teachers often use for this manipulative are: dried beans, popcorn kernels, jelly beans, colored paper squares, marshmallows or…

Note: As you begin to insert your responses to the prompts found in this document, please be sure to save it frequently, (and note the location of the file) so as to not lose any of your work. Once completed, you will submit this document to WGU for grading. Instruct What student misconceptions have you encountered related to fraction, decimal, and percentage concepts? How do you help students understand the notion of equivalence among fractions or prepare them for this understanding? One…

ELED 350 Lesson Plan Template This lesson plan template is designed to support pre-practicum teacher candidates’ growth in the area of developing well-structured lessons with challenging, measurable objectives and appropriate student engagement strategies, pacing, sequencing, activities, materials, resources, technologies, and grouping This lesson is written by: Brittany Martins and Alexis Silva in collaboration with (Julia Schwarz, Amy Quill, and Victoria Drew) to be taught in Mrs. Berube’s…

mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci discovered the unique properties of the Fibonacci sequence. This sequence ties directly into the Golden ratio because if you take any two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, their ratio is very close to the Golden ratio. As the numbers increase, the closer the get to the golden ratio. As the numbers decrease, the farther the…