It's All Relative: Key Ideas and Common Misconceptions about Ratio and Proportion, Grades 6-7

by Linda Dacey, Anne Collins, Linda Schulman Dacey

For years, students have been taught to cross multiply when presented with proportion problems. Few understood what they were doing or why they were doing it. Rarely were students invited to think about various representations to determine the relationship between the two ratios being compared. The ideas and activities in this guide will help you provide students with the conceptual understanding of ratios and proportional thinking that is essential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157110982X
• ISBN13: 9781571109828
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 11.2" x 8.4"