Hi! Your discussion is amazing. We are currently in need of instructional materials for our non-numerate learners. Can I ask where can we buy such kinds of manipulatives?
I really like the distinction made between iteration and partitioning. When you are partitioning, do you ever have students place their trials on top of the original whole so as to try to "cover it" exactly, rather than placing the pieces underneath it? I'm thinking of the fact that while all the fraction tiles may have the same "height," in real life that does not always happen.
Yes, you totally can have them go on top of them...especially because they may rotate the tiles the wrong way and then they wouldn't iterate the correct amount of times.
Cuisenaire rods are good manipulatives for iterating and partitioning. Great stuff, as always!
Hi! Your discussion is amazing. We are currently in need of instructional materials for our non-numerate learners. Can I ask where can we buy such kinds of manipulatives?
I really like the distinction made between iteration and partitioning. When you are partitioning, do you ever have students place their trials on top of the original whole so as to try to "cover it" exactly, rather than placing the pieces underneath it? I'm thinking of the fact that while all the fraction tiles may have the same "height," in real life that does not always happen.
Yes, you totally can have them go on top of them...especially because they may rotate the tiles the wrong way and then they wouldn't iterate the correct amount of times.