Fractions - Session 4: Using the number line

Part 7: Wrap up

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Session Summary

This session focused on identifying key properties and conventions of the number line and on analyzing student thinking about the number line.

The next session will extend this work to examine two central practices of teaching mathematics: narrating the construction of a representation and analyzing tasks.

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  • Sessions
    • Session 1: Studying mathematics teaching with a focus on fractions
    • Session 2: Understanding and using representations of fractions
    • Session 3: Connecting representations and developing a working definition of a fraction
    • Session 4: Using the number line
    • Session 5: Narrating representations and analyzing tasks
    • Session 6: Using public recording space
    • Session 7: Studying how tasks and public recording space support mathematics teaching
    • Session 8: Supporting students' narrations; and using a 'public-recording-space checklist'
    • Session 9: Investigating strategies for comparing fractions
    • Session 10: Supporting students’ understanding and use of representations shared by classmates

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