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Students Struggle with Fractions

“Difficulty with fractions (including decimals and percents) is pervasive and is a major obstacle to further progress in mathematics, including algebra”

» (National Math Advisory Panel, 2008, p. xix).

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Students Need to Develop Fraction Sense

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The Conceptua Math TM Approach

• Develop conceptual understanding through the use of models

• Link models to numbers to help students make connections

• Teacher designs instruction and instructional sequence

• Moves beyond one right answer to incorporating higher-order thinking

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Conceptua Math Provides

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Free Tools For Teachers Premium Tools For Students

Community Sharing and Support

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The Free Tools Provide

– A format for direct instruction and modeling– A format for interactive guided practice – Engaging models that promote discussion and

critical thinking– A format that promotes teacher/student

discourse

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Overview of the Teacher Tools

• Conceptual to procedural formats• Critical thinking activities

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Support for Teachers

• Instructional Video• Sample problems• Sample lesson plans • Links to standards • IEP goals• Additional pages with

training and support materials

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The Community

• Exchange ideas about fractions instruction with teachers and experts– Information– Videos– Research– Forums– Blogs

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Learning Outcomes

• Participants will learn– the features of the free tools– how the use of multiple models can help students

build a flexible understanding of fractions.– how to integrate the free tools into the curricula

including where it fits in the scope and sequence.– how to use the free tools from Conceptua Math to

make math accessible and meaningful for students with a wide range of abilities.

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NEW! Powerful, FREE online math tool to teach fractions!

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