Faculty Work
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title Title
Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics Journal
Volume
36
First Page
22
Last Page
32
Abstract
Understanding meanings of operations and how they relate to one another is an important mathematical goal for students in fourth grade (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000). Using pictures, diagrams, or concrete materials to model multiplication helps students learn about factors and how their products represent various contexts. The foundation of understanding how operations of multiplication and division relate to one another deepens the understanding of the composition of numbers. Discussing different types of problems that can be solved using multiplication and division is important, along with the ability to decompose numbers. When students can work among these relationships with flexibility, conceptual understanding strengthens. With this said, a group of fourth grade students were introduced to conceptual previews as a new approach of making sense out of multiplication and division so to develop strong images of what happens when numbers are multiplied and divided in small five-minute mini-lessons before the specified unit on multiplication and division.
Department
Department of Mathematics
Original Publication Date
2009
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library
Copyright
© 2009 Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The copyright holder has granted permission for posting.
Date Digital
2009
Language
EN
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Permission granted by journal publisher via email on 10/6/2015
Comments
First published in Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics Journal, v. 36 (2009), pp. 22-32, published by Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics