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Peer reviewedKemp, Champee C. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1995
Proposes using cookies (recipe included) and pizza to help Chapter I students, grades two through five, understand basic fraction concepts. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Elementary Education, Food
Peer reviewedBiddlecomb, Barry D.; Whitmire, Bill D. – Mathematics Educator, 1992
Presents the computer microworlds developed by the Children's Construction of Rational Numbers of Arithmetic (Fractions) Project. Provides an overview of three microworlds: Toys; Sticks; and Candybars. Discusses how children are expected to use the microworlds to construct an understanding of rational numbers. (MDH)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Peer reviewedLough, Tom; Tipps, Steve – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1987
Provides several examples of the use of Logo in working with fractions and manipulating vectors. Includes an exercise which deals with the relationship between the two and several exercises which address various problems using different kinds of fractions. (TW)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Peer reviewedBrowning, Christine A.; Channell, Dwayne E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes an activity that introduces students to the use of database software to collect and interpret data. Asks middle school students to collect personal information regarding their dominant hand, eye, and thumb. Students use FIND and AND commands to create tables and respond to questions related to the data. (MDH)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Data Analysis, Data Collection
