Thursday, April 16, 2015: 8:00 AM-9:00 AM
106 (BCEC)
Lead Speaker:
Saffron L. VanGalder
We will examine how the number line can be used to help deepen students’ understanding of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. This highly versatile but often underused tool can be used to solve elapsed time problems, compare numbers, perform operations, and plot measurement data. It can even be rotated vertically, to round numbers.
Presentation Format: 3-5 Session