This is used to help students learn multiplication and division facts. It also helps them understand part-part-whole relationships.
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| This problem was set up by a student who facilitated others to help fill in the triangle. Student fill out four facts that go with the triangle. |
- At the beginning of the year, the teacher sets up the problem and different models ways to solve it, problems are usually simple
- During the middle of the year, problems become more difficult. Students are invited to demonstrate and discuss the ways they solved the problem.
- Toward the end of the year, students take turns setting up the problem themselves. They are invited to act as the facilitator in the dicussion on how to solve the problem.