Friday, November 21, 2014: 8:00 AM-9:15 AM
342 BECF (George R. Brown Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Laura B. Kent
Equal sharing problems have been used and studied extensively in the elementary grades. This problem type has been shown to be robust for eliciting and extending students’ understandings of fractions as quantities and fraction equivalence. This session will explore the advantages of posing equal sharing problems to middle school students.
Presentation Format: 6-8 Gallery Workshop
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8