Navigating Through Number and Operations in Grades 6-8 |
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| Editor:
| Rachlin, Sid |
| Series title: | Navigations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87353-575-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Publisher: | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $41.95USD $43.95 |
Book Description:
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Middle school students consolidate their understanding of integers and rational numbers, increasing their facility with fractions, decimals and percents and encountering proportionality. This book shows how students can explore these important ideas in such diverse activities as exchanging currency and using area models to develop algorithms for multiplying and dividing fractions. Underlying each activity is the belief that students learn best when they build computational fluency on a...
More DescriptionMiddle school students consolidate their understanding of integers and rational numbers, increasing their facility with fractions, decimals and percents and encountering proportionality. This book shows how students can explore these important ideas in such diverse activities as exchanging currency and using area models to develop algorithms for multiplying and dividing fractions. Underlying each activity is the belief that students learn best when they build computational fluency on a firm conceptual foundation.