As of September 30, 2005, the North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium is no longer in operation.

Goals

Although students come to seventh grade able to "do fractions," they may not have the conceptual knowledge of what a fraction is and how operations of fractions work. Through these activities, students will gain conceptual ideas of fractions and their operations.

National NCTM Standards addressed:

• Standard 2. Mathematics as Communication: Use the skills of reading, listening, and viewing to interpret and evaluate mathematical ideas

• Standard 3. Mathematics as Reasoning: Validate their own thinking.

• Standard 5. Number and Number Relationships: Understand, represent, and use numbers in a variety of equivalent forms (integer, fraction, decimal, percent, exponential, and scientific notation) in real-world and mathematical problem situations.

• Develop number sense for whole numbers, fractions, decimals, integers, and rational numbers.

• Standard 6. Number Systems and Number Theory: Understand and appreciate the need for numbers beyond the whole numbers.

• Develop and use order relations for whole numbers, fractions, decimals, integers, and rational numbers.

• Extend understanding of whole number operations to fractions, decimals, integers and rational numbers.

National NCTM Standards addressed:

• Content Outcome 2: "The student develops and practices effective communication using mathematical ideas and relationships."

• Content Outcome 7: "The student demonstrates confidence in using mathematics."

• Content Outcome 8: "The student understands and applies number concepts to calculations and estimations."

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