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Developing Proportional Reasoning
Fractions > Ratio, Rate, Proportion > Overview & Tools
This multimedia overview offers an introduction to students’ development of proportional thinking and its relationship to cross-multiplication. It describes recommended instructional strategies for...
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Overview
The Conceptual Basis for Fractions
Fractions > Fractions Concepts > Overview & Tools
This multimedia overview introduces how children’s intuitive understandings of sharing and proportion can serve as a foundation on which to build formal instruction of fraction concepts. This...
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Overview
Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for K-8
Fractions > Overview & Tools
The National Mathematics Advisory Panel and the Common Core State Standards emphasize the importance of rational numbers. Watch this multimedia overview to learn why and to receive an introduction...
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Overview
Talking Through Problems and Their Solutions
Problem Solving > Reflect & Debrief > Overview & Tools
This multimedia overview describes the basic steps students can learn to monitor their problem-solving process. The tasks and prompts can be used throughout the problem-solving process to encourage...
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Overview
Effective Problem-Solving Instruction
Problem Solving > Problem-Solving Instruction > Overview & Tools
This summary describes a wide range of research-based recommendations for guiding instruction in problem solving. Three important strategies that apply at all grade levels and in all areas of math...
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Overview
Preparing Problems for Classroom Instruction
Problem Solving > Prepare Problems > Overview & Tools
Watch this multimedia overview to learn what a teacher should keep in mind when selecting problems, including suggestions for how to adapt problems to ensure that students can focus on mathematical...
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Overview
Improving Mathematical Problem Solving in Grades 4 Through 8
Problem Solving > Overview & Tools
This multimedia overview explains why problem solving should be part of teaching in all math topics, describing the different types of problems that teachers in grades 4-8 might use, and the...
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Overview
Encouraging Girls in Math and Science (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Overview & Tools
This interview features Dr. Diane Halpern, chair of the expert panel that produced the Practice Guide. In Part 2 of the interview, Dr. Halpern discusses implementation ideas and roles that school...
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Expert Interview
Encouraging Girls in Math and Science (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Overview & Tools
This interview features Dr. Diane Halpern, chair of the expert panel that produced the Practice Guide. In Part 1 of the interview, Dr. Halpern describes the research evidence and reasoning for the...
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Expert Interview
Stereotype Threat (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Female Role Models > Learn What Works
Listen to Dr. Joshua Aronson describe what stereotype threat is and how it can impact academic achievement. Related Files: Stereotype Threat (Part 2) (Audio)
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Expert Interview
Instructional Methods That Spark Curiosity (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Sparking Curiosity > Learn What Works
Dr. Jon Star discusses interest as a development process. Instructional activities that may spark children's curiosity can be the basis for a sustained individual interest later in...
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Expert Interview
The Nature of Prescriptive Feedback (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Learn What Works
Dr. Carol Dweck describes how prescriptive, informational feedback might be used. Related Files: The Nature of Prescriptive Feedback (Part 1) (Video)
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Expert Interview
