innovative practices that increase mathematics achievement
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Innovative Practices That Increase Mathematics Achievement. by Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D. [email protected]. Slides/handouts: ALabacus.com. Cotter Tens Fractal. FCSC Orlando, FL November 17, 2009 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Cape Canaveral Volusia. How many little black triangles do you see?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Innovative Practices That Increase Mathematics Achievement
How many little How many little blackblacktrianglestriangles do you see? do you see?
Cotter Tens FractalCotter Tens FractalFCSC
Orlando, FLNovember 17, 200912:30 - 1:30 p.m.Cape Canaveral
Volusia
by Joan A. Cotter, [email protected]
Slides/handouts:ALabacus.com
Math Crisis
• Close to 60% of those in jail under the age of 30 have no high school diploma and math is often the reason.
• 25% of college freshmen take remedial math; 38%, in California.
• In 2009, of the 1.5 million students who took the ACT test, only 42% are ready for college algebra.
• A generation ago, the US produced 30 percent of the world’s college grads; today it’s 14 percent. CSM 2006
• Two-thirds of 4-year degrees in Japan and China are in science and engineering; one-third in the U.S.
• U.S. students, compared to the world, score high at 4th grade, average at 8th, and near bottom at 12th.
What Makes Little Difference• Class size: engagement rises, but achievement gap remains. (40 in Japan, 50 in China, 26 in Singapore)
• Amount of homework.
• Counting ability.
• Poverty makes greater difference in US than in other countries.
Finland• Teachers from top 10% of undergraduate class. Need master’s to teach. Held in high esteem.
• Teachers work together on lessons and visit each other’s classrooms. Half day/week for PD.
• Work with students as soon as they fall behind.
Singapore• Although highest scorer in recent TIMSS, Singapore scored 16/26 in science in 1983-84.
• In 1990 curriculum changed to emphasize math concepts and problem solving, rather than rote learning.
• Stress visualization, patterning, number sense. (Not so much in US versions.)
• National curriculum.
China• Math specialists starting at grade 1.
• Teach 2 classes/day with 50 students/class.
• Teachers’ desks are near other math teachers in workroom to encourage collaboration.
• Half day every week for PD.
• Standard national curriculum.
Japan• Teacher stays with the same class for 3-4 years.
• Teachers’ desks in a huge room with references.
• Goal for math lesson: the class understands a new concept, not done something (worksheet).
• Teachers emphasize visualization; discourage counting for computation.
• Groups quantities into 5s as well as 10s.
• Uses part/whole model for problem solving.
What Does Matter• Knowing that learning math depends upon hard work and good instruction, not genes or talent.
• Having teachers who understand and like mathematics.
• Teaching for understanding.
• Supporting children who fall behind.
Innovative Math• Teach for understanding, not rote.
• Minimize counting; group in fives and tens.
• Practice facts with games; avoid flash cards.
• Use part/whole circles.
• Use math way of number naming initially.
• Teach visualizable strategies.
• Teach algorithms with four-digit numbers.
Time Needed to Memorize
• 93 minutes to learn 200 nonsense syllables.
• 24 minutes to learn 200 words of prose.
• 10 minutes to learn 200 words of poetry.
According to a study with college students, it took them:
This shows the importance of meaning before memorizing.
This shows the importance of meaning before memorizing.
Memorizing Math
Math needs to be taught so 95% is understood and only 5% memorized.
Richard Skemp
Percentage Recall
Immediately After 1 day After 4 wks
Rote 32 23 8
Concept 69 69 58
Flash Cards• Often used to teach rote.
• Liked only by are those who don’t need them.
• Give the false impression that math isn’t about thinking.
• Often produce stress – children under stress stop learning.
• Not concrete – use abstract symbols.
Rigorous Mathematics
• To develop deep understanding.
• To justify reasoning.
• To connect ideas to prior knowledge.
• To explore concepts.
Adding by CountingFrom a Child’s Perspective
Because we’re so familiar with 1, 2, 3, we’ll use letters.
A = 1B = 2C = 3D = 4E = 5, and so forth
Adding by CountingFrom a Child’s Perspective
A C D EBA FC D EB
F + E
Adding by CountingFrom a Child’s Perspective
A C D EBA FC D EB
F + E
What is the sum?(It must be a letter.)
Adding by CountingFrom a Child’s Perspective
K
G I J KHA FC D EB
F + E
Adding by CountingFrom a Child’s Perspective
E
+ I
Now memorize the facts!!
G + D
H + F
C + G
D + C
Place ValueFrom a Child’s Perspective
Lis written ABbecause it is A J and B A’s
huh?
Place ValueFrom a Child’s Perspective
Lis written ABbecause it is A J and B A’s
huh?
(12)(one 10)
(two 1s).
(twelve)
Subtracting by Counting BackFrom a Child’s Perspective
Try subtractingby ‘taking away’
H – E
Skip CountingFrom a Child’s Perspective
Try skip counting by B’s to T: B, D, . . . T.
Calendars
A calendar is NOT a number line: day 4 does not include days 1 to 4.
A calendar is NOT a number line: day 4 does not include days 1 to 4.
Calendars
1 2 3 4
8 9 10
5 6 7
September
Always show the whole calendar. A child wants to see the whole before the parts. Children also need to learn to plan ahead.
Always show the whole calendar. A child wants to see the whole before the parts. Children also need to learn to plan ahead.
Calendars
fourthsecond, third,first,
Counting Model Drawbacks
• Poor concept of quantity.
• Ignores place value.
• Very error prone.
• Inefficient and time-consuming.
• Hard habit to break for the facts.
5-Month Old Babies CanAdd and Subtract up to 3
Show the baby two teddy bears. Then hide them with a screen. Show the baby a third teddy bear and put it behind the screen.
Show the baby two teddy bears. Then hide them with a screen. Show the baby a third teddy bear and put it behind the screen.
5-Month Old Babies CanAdd and Subtract up to 3
Raise screen. Baby seeing 3 won’t look long because it is expected.
Raise screen. Baby seeing 3 won’t look long because it is expected.
5-Month Old Babies CanAdd and Subtract up to 3
A baby seeing 1 teddy bear will look much longer, because it’s unexpected.
A baby seeing 1 teddy bear will look much longer, because it’s unexpected.
Recognizing 5
5 has a middle; 4 does not.
Look at your hand; your middle finger is longer as a reminder 5 has a middle.
Look at your hand; your middle finger is longer as a reminder 5 has a middle.
Ready: How Many?
Ready: How Many?
Which is easier?Which is easier?
Visualizing 8
Try to visualize 8 apples without grouping.
Visualizing 8
Next try to visualize 5 as red and 3 as green.
Grouping by 5s
I II III IIII V VIII
1 23458
Early Roman numeralsRomans grouped in fives. Notice 8 is 5 and 3.
Romans grouped in fives. Notice 8 is 5 and 3.
Grouping by 5s
Who could read the music?
:
Music needs 10 lines, two groups of five.Music needs 10 lines, two groups of five.
Materials for Visualizing
• Representative of structure of numbers.
• Easily manipulated by children.
• Imaginable mentally.
Japanese Council ofMathematics Education
Japanese criteria.Japanese criteria.
Materials for Visualizing
“In our concern about the memorization of math facts or solving problems, we must not forget that the root of mathematical study is the creation of mental pictures in the imagination and manipulating those images and relationships using the power of reason and logic.”
Mindy Holte (Montessori Elementary Teacher)
Manipulatives
The role of physical manipulatives was to help the child form those visual images and thus to eliminate the need for the physical manipulatives.
Ginsberg and others
Visualizing Needed in:
• Mathematics
• Botany
• Geography
• Engineering
• Construction
• Spelling
• Architecture
• Astronomy
• Archeology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Surgery
Manipulatives
A manipulative must not only be visual, but also visualizable.
Can you visualize this rod?
Most countries stopped using these by early 1990s.Most countries stopped using these by early 1990s.
Colored Rod Drawbacks
• Young children think each rod is “one.”
• Adding rods doesn’t instantly give the sum; still need to count or compare.
Manipulatives
The 4-rod plus the 2-rod does not give the immediate answer.
You must count or compare.
Colored Rod Drawbacks
• Young children often think each rod is “one.”
• Adding rods doesn’t instantly give the sum; still need to count or compare.
• 8% of children have a color-deficiency; they cannot see 10 distinct colors.
• Many small pieces hard to manage.
Quantities With Fingers
Use left hand for 1-5 because we read from left to right.Use left hand for 1-5 because we read from left to right.
Quantities With Fingers
Quantities With Fingers
Quantities With Fingers
Always show 7 as 5 and 2, not for example, as 4 and 3.
Always show 7 as 5 and 2, not for example, as 4 and 3.
Quantities With Fingers
Yellow is the SunYellow is the sun.Six is five and one.
Why is the sky so blue?Seven is five and two.
Salty is the sea.Eight is five and three.
Hear the thunder roar.Nine is five and four.
Ducks will swim and dive.Ten is five and five.
–Joan A. Cotter
Also set to music.Also set to music.
AL Abacus1000 100 10 1
Many types of abacuses. AL abacus shown is designed to help children learn math.
Many types of abacuses. AL abacus shown is designed to help children learn math.
Abacus Cleared
3
Entering Quantities
Quantities are entered all at once, not counted.Quantities are entered all at once, not counted.
5
Entering Quantities
Relate quantities to hands.Relate quantities to hands.
7
Entering Quantities
10
Entering Quantities
Stairs
Stairs. Can use to count 1-10.Stairs. Can use to count 1-10.
4 + 3 = Adding
4 + 3 =Adding
4 + 3 = 7Adding
4 + 3 = 7Adding
Mentally, think take 1 from 3 and give to 4, making 5 + 2.Mentally, think take 1 from 3 and give to 4, making 5 + 2.
Typical Worksheet
Go to the Dump Game
A “Go Fish” type of game where the pairs are:
1 & 92 & 83 & 74 & 65 & 5
Children use the abacus while playing this game.
Children use the abacus while playing this game.
Go to the Dump Game
Starting
A game viewed from above.
A game viewed from above.
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Go to the Dump Game
Starting
Each player takes 5 cards.Each player takes 5 cards.
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Go to the Dump Game
Finding pairs
Does YellowCap have any pairs? [no]Does YellowCap have any pairs? [no]
4 6
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Go to the Dump Game
Finding pairs
Does BlueCap have any pairs? [yes, 1]
Does BlueCap have any pairs? [yes, 1]
4 6
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Go to the Dump Game
Finding pairs
7 3
Does PinkCap have any pairs? [yes, 2]
Does PinkCap have any pairs? [yes, 2]
4 6
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Go to the Dump Game
Finding pairs
7 32 8
Does PinkCap have any pairs? [yes, 2]
Does PinkCap have any pairs? [yes, 2]
2
4 6
7 3
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Go to the Dump GameBlueCap, do you
have a 3?BlueCap, do you
have an 8?
Go to the dump.
2 8
Playing
The player asks the player on his left.
The player asks the player on his left.
2 8
5
4 6
7 3
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Go to the Dump Game
PinkCap, do youhave a 6?Playing
1
Go to the dump.
1 92 8
5
4 6
7 3
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Go to the Dump Game
YellowCap, doyou have a 9? Playing
1
1 9
5
4 6
7 3
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Go to the Dump Game
Playing
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PinkCap is not out of the game. Her turn ends, but she takes 5 more cards.
PinkCap is not out of the game. Her turn ends, but she takes 5 more cards.
Go to the Dump Game
6 5
1
Winner?
4 5
9
5
No counting. Combine both stacks. (Shuffling not necessary for next game.)
No counting. Combine both stacks. (Shuffling not necessary for next game.)
Go to the Dump Game
Winner?
4 5
9
6 5
1
No counting. Combine both stacks. (Shuffling not necessary for next game.)
No counting. Combine both stacks. (Shuffling not necessary for next game.)
Go to the Dump Game
Winner?
46 55
91
Whose pile is the highest?Whose pile is the highest?
Part-Whole Circles
Whole
Part Part
Part-whole circles help children see relationships and solve problems.
Part-whole circles help children see relationships and solve problems.
Part-Whole Circles
10
4 6
What is the other part?
Part-Whole Circles
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
A missing addend problem, considered very difficult for first graders. They can do it with a Part-Whole Circles.
A missing addend problem, considered very difficult for first graders. They can do it with a Part-Whole Circles.
Part-Whole Circles
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
Is 3 a part or whole?
Part-Whole Circles
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
Is 3 a part or whole?
3
Part-Whole Circles
3
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
Is 5 a part or whole?
Part-Whole Circles
3
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
Is 5 a part or whole?5
Part-Whole Circles
5
3
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
What is the missing part?
Part-Whole Circles
5
3 2
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
What is the missing part?
Part-Whole Circles
5
3 2
Lee received 3 goldfish as a gift. Now Lee has 5. How many did Lee have to start with?
Write the equation.
2 + 3 = 53 + 2 = 5
5 – 3 = 2
Is this an addition or subtraction problem?
Is this an addition or subtraction problem?
Part-Whole Circles
Part-whole circles help young children solve problems. Writing equations do not.
“Math” Way of Counting
11 = ten 112 = ten 213 = ten 314 = ten 4 . . . .19 = ten 9
20 = 2-ten 21 = 2-ten 122 = 2-ten 223 = 2-ten 3 . . . . . . . .99 = 9-ten 9
Don’t say “2-tens.” We don’t say 3 hundreds eleven for 311.
Don’t say “2-tens.” We don’t say 3 hundreds eleven for 311.
Language Effect on Counting
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
4 5 6Ages (yrs.)
Ave
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Nu
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Song, M., & Ginsburg, H. (1988). p. 326. The effect of the Korean number system on young children's counting: A natural experiment in numerical bilingualism. International Journal of Psychology, 23, 319-332.
Korean formal [math way]
Korean informal [not explicit]
Chinese
U.S.
Purple is Chinese. Note jump during school year. Dark green is Korean “math” way. Dotted green is everyday Korean; notice jump during school year.Red is English speakers. They learn same amount between ages 4-5 and 5-6.
Purple is Chinese. Note jump during school year. Dark green is Korean “math” way. Dotted green is everyday Korean; notice jump during school year.Red is English speakers. They learn same amount between ages 4-5 and 5-6.
Math Way of Naming Numbers• Only 11 words are needed to count to 100 the math way, 28 in English. (All Indo-European languages are non-standard in number naming.)
• Asian children learn mathematics using the math way of counting.
• They understand place value in first grade; only half of U.S. children understand place value at the end of fourth grade.
• Mathematics is the science of patterns. The patterned math way of counting greatly helps children learn number sense.
• Just as reciting the alphabet doesn’t teach reading, counting doesn’t teach arithmetic.
• Just as we first teach the sound of the letters, we first teach the name of the quantity (math way).
Math Way of CountingCompared to Reading
Subtracting 14 From 48
Using 10s and 1s, ask the childto construct 48.
Then ask the child to subtract 14.
Children thinking of 14 as 14 ones will count 14. Children thinking of 14 as 14 ones will count 14.
Subtracting 14 From 48
Using 10s and 1s, ask the childto construct 48.
Then ask the child to subtract 14.
Those understanding place value will remove a ten and 4 ones.
Those understanding place value will remove a ten and 4 ones.
3-ten 33 003 0
Place-value card for 3-ten. Point to the 3, saying three and point to 0, saying ten. The 0 makes 3 a ten.
Place-value card for 3-ten. Point to the 3, saying three and point to 0, saying ten. The 0 makes 3 a ten.
3-ten 7 33 00 770077
10-ten 11 00 001 0 0
Now enter 10-ten.Now enter 10-ten.
1 hundred 11 00 001 0 0
Of course, we can also read it as one-hun-dred.Of course, we can also read it as one-hun-dred.
2 hundred 22 00 00
How could you make 200?How could you make 200?
10 hundred 11 00 001 0 0 000
1 thousand 11 00 001 0 0 000
Point to the digits and say, one-th-ou-sand. Sorry for the extra syllable in thousand, but it’s the best we can do.
Point to the digits and say, one-th-ou-sand. Sorry for the extra syllable in thousand, but it’s the best we can do.
Place-Value Cards
33 00
33 00 00 003 th- ou-sand
3 hun-dred
3- ten
33 00 00
Place-Value Cards
55 00
88
33 00 00 00 33 00 00 0066 00 00
33 00 00 0066 00 0055 0088
55 008866 00 00
Place-Value Cards
33 00 00 00 33 00 00 33 00 0000 0088
8888
No problem when some denominations are missing.No problem when some denominations are missing.
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Column Method for Reading Numbers
To read a number, students are often instructed to start at the right (ones column), contrary to normal reading of numbers and text:
4
Traditional Names
4-ten = forty
4-ten has another name: “forty.” The “ty” means ten.
4-ten has another name: “forty.” The “ty” means ten.
Traditional Names
6-ten = sixty
The same is true for 60, 70, 80, and 90.The same is true for 60, 70, 80, and 90.
Traditional Names
3-ten = thirty
The “thir” is more common than “three,” 3rd in line, 1/3, 13, and 30.The “thir” is more common than “three,” 3rd in line, 1/3, 13, and 30.
Traditional Names
5-ten = fifty
The same is true for “fif.”The same is true for “fif.”
Traditional Names
2-ten = twenty
Twenty is twice ten or twin ten. Note “two” is spelled with a “w.”
Twenty is twice ten or twin ten. Note “two” is spelled with a “w.”
Traditional Names
A word game
fireplace place-fire
paper-news
box-mail mailbox
newspaper
Say the syllables backward. This is how we say the teen numbers.
Say the syllables backward. This is how we say the teen numbers.
Traditional Names
ten 4
Traditional Names
ten 4 teen 4 fourteen
Ten 4 becomes teen 4 (teen = ten) and then fourteen. Similar for other teens.
Ten 4 becomes teen 4 (teen = ten) and then fourteen. Similar for other teens.
Traditional Names
a one left a left-one eleven
1000 yrs ago, people thought a good name for this number would be “a one left.” They said it backward: a left-one, which became: eleven.
1000 yrs ago, people thought a good name for this number would be “a one left.” They said it backward: a left-one, which became: eleven.
Traditional Names
two left twelve
“Two” used to be pronounced (twoo).“Two” used to be pronounced (twoo).
Money
penny
Money
nickel
Money
dime
Money
quarter
9 + 5 =Strategy: Complete the Ten
14
Take 1 from the 5 and give it to the 9.Take 1 from the 5 and give it to the 9.
8 + 6 = 10 + 4 = 14Strategy: Two Fives
Two fives make 10. Just add the “leftovers.”Two fives make 10. Just add the “leftovers.”
7 + 5 = 10 + 2 = 12Strategy: Two Fives
Another example.
Another example.
15 – 9 =Strategy: Going Down
6
Subtract 5, then 4
Subtract the 9 from the 10. Then add 1 and 5.Subtract the 9 from the 10. Then add 1 and 5.
15 – 9 =Strategy: Going Down
6
Subtract 9 from the 10
Subtract the 9 from the 10. Then add 1 and 6.Subtract the 9 from the 10. Then add 1 and 6.
13 – 9 =Strategy: Going Up
1 + 3 = 4
Start at 9; go up to 13
To go up, start with 9; then complete the 10; then 3 more.
To go up, start with 9; then complete the 10; then 3 more.
Mental Addition
You need to find twenty-four plus thirty-eight.How do you do it?
You are sitting at your desk with a calculator, paper and pencil, and a box of teddy bears.
Research shows a majority of people do it mentally. “How would you do it mentally?” Discuss methods.
Research shows a majority of people do it mentally. “How would you do it mentally?” Discuss methods.
Mental Addition
24 + 38 =
+ 3024 + 8 =
A very efficient way, especially for oral problems, taught to Dutch children.
A very efficient way, especially for oral problems, taught to Dutch children.
Mental Addition
“…The now well established fact that
those who are mathematically effective
in daily life seldom make use in their
heads of the standard written methods
which are taught in the classroom.”
W. H. Cockroft, 1982
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Cleared
Side 2
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Thousands1000
Side 2
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Hundreds100
Side 2
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Tens10
Side 2
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Ones1
Side 2
The third wire from each end is not used. Red wires indicate ones.The third wire from each end is not used. Red wires indicate ones.
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8+ 6
Adding
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8+ 6
Adding
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8+ 614
Adding
You can see the ten (yellow) and 4 (purple).You can see the ten (yellow) and 4 (purple).
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8+ 614
Adding
Trading ten ones for one ten. Trade, not rename or regroup.Trading ten ones for one ten. Trade, not rename or regroup.
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8+ 614
Adding
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8+ 614
Adding
Same answer, ten-4, or fourteen.
Same answer, ten-4, or fourteen.
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Do we need to trade?
Adding
If the columns are even or nearly even, trading is much easier.
If the columns are even or nearly even, trading is much easier.
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Bead Trading
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In this activity, children add numbers to get as high a score as possible.Turn over the top card. Enter 7 beads.
In this activity, children add numbers to get as high a score as possible.Turn over the top card. Enter 7 beads.
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Bead Trading
996
Turn over another card. Enter 6 beads. Do we need to trade?
Turn over another card. Enter 6 beads. Do we need to trade?
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Bead Trading
996
Trading 10 ones for 1 ten.Trading 10 ones for 1 ten.
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Bead Trading
999
Turn over another card. Enter 9 beads. Do we need to trade?
Turn over another card. Enter 9 beads. Do we need to trade?
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Bead Trading
999
Trading 10 ones for 1 ten.Trading 10 ones for 1 ten.
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Bead Trading
993
No trading.
No trading.
Bead Trading
• To appreciate a pattern, there must be at least three examples in the sequence.
• Bead trading helps the child experience the greater value of each column.
• Trading 10 ones for 1 ten occurs frequently; 10 tens for 1 hundred, less often; 10 hundreds for 1 thousand, rarely.
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Critically important to write down what happened after each step.
Critically important to write down what happened after each step.
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. . . 6 ones. Did anything else happen?. . . 6 ones. Did anything else happen?
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Is it okay to show the extra ten by writing a 1 above the tens column?
Is it okay to show the extra ten by writing a 1 above the tens column?
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Do we need to trade? [no]Do we need to trade? [no]
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Do we need to trade? [yes]Do we need to trade? [yes]
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Notice the number of yellow beads. [3] Notice the number of purple beads left. [3] Coincidence? No, because 13 – 10 = 3.
Notice the number of yellow beads. [3] Notice the number of purple beads left. [3] Coincidence? No, because 13 – 10 = 3.
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Most children who learn to add on the AL abacus transition to the paper and pencil algorithm without further instruction.
Why Thousands So Early
To appreciate a pattern, at least three samples must be presented.
Therefore, to understand the never-ending pattern of trading, the child must trade 10 ones for 1 ten, 10 tens for 1 hundred, and 10 hundreds for 1 thousand.
6 x 4 (6 taken 4 times)
Multiplying on the Abacus
5 x 7 (30 + 5)
Multiplying on the Abacus
Groups of 5s to make 10s.Groups of 5s to make 10s.
7 x 7 = Multiplying on the Abacus
25 + 10 + 10 + 4
9 x 3 (30 – 3)
Multiplying on the Abacus
9 x 3 3 x 9
Commutative property
Multiplying on the Abacus
Research Highlights
TASK EXPER CTRL
TEENS 10 + 3 94% 47%6 + 10 88% 33%
CIRCLE TENS 78 75% 67%
3924 44% 7%
14 as 10 & 4 48 – 14 81% 33%
Research Highlights
TASK EXPER CTRL
26-TASK (tens) 6 (ones) 94% 100%2 (tens) 63% 13%
MENTAL COMP: 85 – 70 31% 0%2nd Graders in U.S. (Reys): 9%
38 + 24 = 512 or 0% 40%
57 + 35 = 812
Other research questions asked.
Other research questions asked.
Innovative Math• Teach for understanding, not rote.
• Minimize counting; group in fives and tens.
• Practice facts with games; avoid flash cards.
• Use part/whole circles.
• Use math way of number naming initially.
• Teach visualizable strategies.
• Teach algorithms with four-digit numbers.
Innovative Practices That Increase Mathematics Achievement
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Cotter Tens FractalCotter Tens FractalFCSC
Orlando, FLNovember 17, 200912:30 - 1:30 p.m.Cape Canaveral
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by Joan A. Cotter, [email protected]
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