Inquiry-Based: The Relationship Among Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Part 3

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Inquiry-Based: The Relationship Among Fractions, Decimals, and Percent Part 3

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Connections to prior knowledge help students learn new terms. Connections to simplifying, equivalent fractions, and ratio are glimpsed through real-world and visual means.

These resources are part of KET's Math Instructional Strategies: Number Operations collection.

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For adult students working on Adult Basic Education mathematics, the traditional approach to fractions may be ineffective. Most adult students who have difficulty with fractions have seen the traditional approach, usually more than once. Connections to prior knowledge and the real world, and visualization may help students to see fraction concepts such as equivalent fractions and the part/whole relationship more concretely.

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  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of drawing pictures to illustrate and solve fraction problems?
  • Comparing this video to Hook, what similarities and differences do you see in the teaching styles? In the student engagement? If you see differences in student engagement, why do you think that might be?
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