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    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:…

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    Classroom Misconceptions

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    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…

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    360 was used for circles The Sumerians also gave us the decimal system. The Hindu’s gave us the Arabic Numeral System which gave mankind counting numbers. With the extension of numbers, math took off. The Hebrew’s gave us another numeral system but this one went into the hundreds. The Babylonians gave us the digit 0 and then we had a a completed number system for that time. Agriculture was a ginormous element when civilization was first coming together and it has stuck with humans all through…

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    Leibniz's Number System

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    Computers have all but replaced humans for doing complex calculations. But computers handle numbers much differently than humans do. At this point, the majority of people use base-10 for their math. The base of a number system refers to the number of number symbols used in that system. In base 10 the numbers used are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Humans use this system because it shortens numbers. Humans have 10 fingers so it is logical that base-10 counting systems developed naturally. But…

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    ELED 350 Lesson Plan

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    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…

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    Voronoi Patterns

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    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…

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    Numeracy In Schools

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    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…

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    Manipulatives In Maths

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    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…

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    environments through play, investigations, real-life situations, and focused learning experiences. Children come to school with different experiences about mathematics (Anghileri, 2006; Yelland, Butler, & Diezmann, 1999). Many children enjoy singing number names, identifying how big objects and people are, labelling shapes, and using their developing mathematical understandings to think and reason (Reys, Lindquist, Lambdin, Smith, Rogers, Falle, Frid, & Bennett, 2012; Australian Association of…

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    I had whole numbers, mixed numbers, and fractions being multiplied together. I had him work through a few with me, including drawing pictures together, and then gave him a variety of problems that I wanted him to work through on his own (I was right there to help if he got…

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