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Fazio, Lisa; Siegler, Robert – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2011
Students around the world have difficulties in learning about fractions. In many countries, the average student never gains a conceptual knowledge of fractions. This research guide provides suggestions for teachers and administrators looking to improve fraction instruction in their classrooms or schools. The recommendations are based on a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Numbers
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Fridriksson, Thor; Stewart, David A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
An examination of the status of teaching mathematics to deaf students showed that teachers ignore the hands-on exploration of objects that promotes conceptualization of basic mathematic principles. An arithmetic teaching strategy is proposed which is activity-based and is derived from Piaget's theory of intellectual development in children.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Child Development, Concept Formation, Deafness
Gunter, Jock – 1972
A card game, "Mercado," or Market Rummy, designed to teach basic market skills to rural Ecuadorians is described. Two to five people can play the game, which is presently used in night community meetings and in the educational program in coastal cooperatives. The game consists of two decks of cards: one represents money, the other…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1979
Developed for K-3 teachers to send home with their students, this collection of learning activities and games is offered to help reinforce students' language arts and mathematics skills and to enhance parental involvement. Suggestions to the teacher include sending home only those pages containing activities for skills currently being studied and…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Educational Games, Elementary School Mathematics
Ruhland, Sheila K.; Wilkinson, Richard F. – 1993
This document provides an overview of a project to identify the basic academic skills, advanced academic skills, and the higher-order workplace competencies for marketing education. It describes the following project activities: review of current literature and research in the field; review by business and industry representatives of the skills…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum
Ruhland, Sheila K.; Wilkinson, Richard F. – 1993
This publication contains teaching activities for the Fundamentals of Marketing and Advanced Marketing curriculum. Chapter 1 presents an alignment of the marketing education core competencies within the nine curriculum units for Fundamentals of Marketing and Advanced Marketing as they relate to the basic academic skills, advanced academic skills,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Core Curriculum