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ERIC Number: EJ993626
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1072-0839
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Proportional Reasoning and the Visually Impaired
Hilton, Geoff; Hilton, Annette; Dole, Shelley L.; Goos, Merrilyn; O'Brien, Mia
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v18 n5 p286-291 Dec 2012
Proportional reasoning is an important aspect of formal thinking that is acquired during the developmental years that approximate the middle years of schooling. Students who fail to acquire sound proportional reasoning often experience difficulties in subjects that require quantitative thinking, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These students may also have difficulty with many real-life skills, such as cooking, reading a map, and scaling an object. As a result, teachers need to deliberately target proportional reasoning concepts regularly and over time to ensure that maximum opportunities for study are offered for their students. This article describes a hands-on activity that helps promote sight-impaired students' understanding of relative and comparative sizes. (Contains 1 table and 5 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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