Magnifying Mathematics with Digital Microscopes

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2016

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Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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This article describes a series of activities for intermediate-level students to explore ratio reasoning using a digital microscope. In the Common Core State Standards, this subject is addressed for sixth- and seventh-grade students, although this type of reasoning should be introduced at a younger age.Thus, the authors designed this set of activities and then implemented them with a group of fourth-graders.The lesson was well-received and established a foundation for future development of ratio reasoning.

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ratio, proportional reasoning, inquiry

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Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, no. 73 (2016), 22-30.