Building proportional reasoning across grades and math strands, K-8 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Small, Marian
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Teachers College Press, [2015]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Opportunities to Build a Foundation for Proportional Thinking. Kindergarten : Counting and comparing equal groups ; Decomposing numbers into equal groups ; Comparing measurements relatively
  • Grade 1 : Adding and subtracting using equal groups ; Multiples of ten ; Measuring with units ; Introducing halves and quarters
  • Grade 2 : Introducing multiplication ; Creating groups of tens and hundreds ; Decomposing into units to add and subtract ; Measuring with units ; Relating money units ; Creating fractions of wholes
  • Focusing on Proportional Thinking. Grade 3 : Interpreting a number as units of another number ; Interpreting multiplication as a unit change ; Recognizing proportional thinking in multiplication/division properties ; Measuring with units ; Graphing using scale
  • Grade 4 : Making multiplicative comparisons ; Interpreting fraction equivalence using multiplicative comparisons ; Ordering fractions ; Interpreting decimals as ratios ; Converting measurements by changing units ; Relating angle measurements
  • Grade 5 : Comparing pattern growth ; Comparing powers of ten ; Comparing decimals using proportional reasoning ; Interpreting a fraction as a division ; Interpreting fraction multiplication in terms of unitizing ; Interpreting fraction division in terms of unitizing : Measurement conversion ; Using proportional reasoning to explore volume
  • Grade 6 : Concept of ration ; Equivalent rations ; Unit rate ; Percent ; Converting measurement units ; Relating fraction division to proportional reasoning ; Using equations to express proportional relationships
  • Grade 7 : Exploring proportionality numerically ; Exploring proportionality algebraically ; Describing fractions as decimals ; Circle measurement ratios ; Volume and surface area ratios ; Predicting likelihood
  • Grade 8 : Using exponent situations to build on proportional reasoning
  • Connection proportional relationships to linear equations
  • Using proportional reasoning in solving equations ; Similarity
  • Volume ratios
  • Data relationships.