On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Steve Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Looking for ideas on how we can give kids (and adults) concrete experiences > with the concept of fraction. > Special bonus points for anyone who can come up with an example of division > with fractions (ex: 1/3 divided by 1/2) > Thanks, > Stephen > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
There are few examples here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Math4Team/Florida#Instructional_Block_10 In Caacupe, they use the variant of Abacus that they invented, which allows for adding and subtracting fractions. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
