by kylepearce3 | Mar 4, 2017 | Featured Post, Fuelling Sense Making, Making Math Moments That Matter, Visualizing Mathematics
Japanese Multiplication? Chinese Multiplication? Line Multiplication? Whatever it’s called, it’s only a trick if you simply memorize without meaning Have you ever wondered why Japanese multiplication works? I’ve heard some call it Chinese multiplication,...
by kylepearce3 | Jan 21, 2017 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Progressions, Visualizing Mathematics
A Progression of Counting and Quantity Success in mathematics begins with the development of a sense of number through counting and quantity. It may seem that children learn to count in much the same way that they learn their alphabet – by simply repeating...
by kylepearce3 | Dec 27, 2016 | Fuelling Sense Making, Making Math Moments That Matter, Progressions, Visualizing Mathematics
Exploring Fraction Constructs and Proportional Reasoning Fractions are a beast of a concept that causes struggles for many adults and students alike. While we all come to school with some intuition to help us with thinking fractionally and proportionally, the...
by kylepearce3 | Dec 11, 2016 | Fuelling Sense Making, Making Math Moments That Matter, Progressions, Visualizing Mathematics
Arrays and Area Models to The Standard Algorithm Did you know that the words “array” and “area model” appear in the Grade 1-8 Math Curriculum a combined 22 times? Not only do arrays and area models help to support the development of...
by kylepearce3 | Nov 17, 2016 | Fuelling Sense Making, Making Math Moments That Matter, Progressions, Visualizing Mathematics
The Foundation and Development of Multiplicative Thinking Proportional Reasoning is a big idea that is connected in some way to all mathematical strands and stretches across many grades in the Ontario mathematics curriculum. While many focus on the importance of...
by kylepearce3 | Oct 17, 2014 | Making Math Moments That Matter, Visualizing Mathematics
Solving Proportions With The Toronto Maple Leafs Win:Loss Ratio As we began the Proportional Reasoning unit in my MFM1P Grade 9 Math Course, I was beginning to struggle with an idea to extend the idea of visualizing mathematics concepts into ratios, rates, and...
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