The link that I retrieved the worksheet from is: www.math.niu.edu
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Partitive and Quotative Division Week 9
This week I was inspired to work on Partitive(sharing) and Quotative (measurement) division, especially after watching all of the videos. I don't have much to type, as this week I really wrote it all down on the worksheet I am going to attach. But, I will say that I think these are two great ways to get students to look at numbers. It's also a great way to use the information they are being given, to decide which form of division works best. I broke it down by steps, which I find would be easier for students to comprehend. After this week's videos, I too see and find it important to look at mathematical problems in different ways. If one way doesn't work, another way might, and this would give students a better understanding of math in general.
The link that I retrieved the worksheet from is: www.math.niu.edu
The link that I retrieved the worksheet from is: www.math.niu.edu
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I crossed out cookies, and replaced it with counters. I know that since I would be using counters for this task, that it would make it easier to say counters, and then when we get to the final answer, we can label it cookies!
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ReplyDeleteI believe that this is a complicated topic to understand and because the questions are being asked as word problems instead of as equations, it makes it all the more complicated for an elementary learner to grasp. I like that you used visuals, which I believe are extremely helpful to children because they are able to understand what they are doing in a more hands on way.
I did the same topic! I actually didn't see anywhere call quotative division measurement division and am trying to decide if this helps me remember the difference. I tried to think of partitive as how many are in each part and quotative as how many parts but was finding it hard to remember without a mnemonic. If I think of quotative as measurement it maybe slightly helps.
ReplyDeleteThinking about partitive as sharing, how many can you share equally is partitive. That helps slightly. The kids sharing don't really care how many others they are sharing with, just how many cookies they get.
I don't think I ever learned those words in school! Thank you for breaking this down into simpler terms to understand. I like that you incorporated the counters as it is much easier for me, as well as students to understand what you are doing when they can see it played out. Now, like Bonnie Jeanne mentioned, I just have to remember which is which!
ReplyDeleteKassandra- I'll honest I read the title and my first reaction was "what even is that" so I am very appreciative that you explained what the concepts were before you even got started on the teaching partition of the post. This post taught me new math vocabulary as well as given me the confidence that I would be able to teach the concept to another. Your choice of concept was definitely one I found to be overwhelming but the clearlity of your informative post made to helped me grasp the objective of the concept.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and wonderful peer feedback everyone.
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