Using "Alice in Wonderland" to Teach Multiplication of Fractions

Using "Alice in Wonderland" to Teach Multiplication of Fractions

The story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland provides an opportunity to help students develop an understanding of some complex mathematical content, particularly the multiplication of fractions. In an interdisciplinary unit of language arts and mathematics, teachers can use a list of mathematics...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mathematics teaching in the middle school 2006-12, Vol.12 (5), p.244-250
1. Verfasser: TABER, SUSAN B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Bottles
Caterpillars
Fractions
Language instruction
Lesson plans
Mathematics
Mathematics education
Middle school students
Multiplication
Mushrooms
Potions
Rectangles
Teaching methods
Word problems
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Zusammenfassung:The story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland provides an opportunity to help students develop an understanding of some complex mathematical content, particularly the multiplication of fractions. In an interdisciplinary unit of language arts and mathematics, teachers can use a list of mathematics concepts related to multiplication of fractions and proportional reasoning including multiplication by a number less than 1 results in a product that is less than the original number.
ISSN:1072-0839
2328-5486