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2017

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Science and Mathematics Education

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fraction division

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Effectiveness Of St Math In College Remedial Mathematics Students Of Learning Fraction Concepts, Taro Ito May 2017

Effectiveness Of St Math In College Remedial Mathematics Students Of Learning Fraction Concepts, Taro Ito

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This study examined the extent to which the iPad app, Spatial Temporal Mathematics (ST Math), diminished college remedial mathematics students’ natural number bias and deepened their fraction conceptual understanding. In this quasi-experimental study one class played the ST Math fraction games for 8 weeks, and they were compared to a control class who were taught without technology. The frameworks for this study included the framework theory of conceptual change, the reorganization theory, the microworld and the Lesh Translation Model. Pre and post- tests were used to examine the fraction conceptual understanding of the students in the ST Math class and …