Seeing Spots and Developing Multiplicative Sense Making

Cans on a grocery store shelf and Hirst's Capric Acid Amide can illustrate dot arrays, thus helping students understand the distributive property, partial products, and the standard algorithm for multiplication.

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Published in:Mathematics teaching in the middle school 2013-10, Vol.19 (3), p.148-155
Main Authors: Matney, Gabriel T, Daugherty, Brooke N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algebra
Algorithms
Amides
Concept Formation
Distributivity
Efficient strategies
Features
Mathematical Concepts
Mathematical models
Mathematical problems
Mathematics education
Mathematics Instruction
Mathematics teachers
Matrices
Middle school education
Middle School Students
Middle schools
Multiplication
Multiplication & division
Secondary School Mathematics
Teaching Methods
Visual Stimuli
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Summary:Cans on a grocery store shelf and Hirst's Capric Acid Amide can illustrate dot arrays, thus helping students understand the distributive property, partial products, and the standard algorithm for multiplication.
ISSN:1072-0839
2328-5486
DOI:10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.19.3.0148