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Ms. McConnell
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The “Fraction Manipulatives” iPad application has four main modes of fraction
expression. The first mode is the “wall” mode in which students can slide the grey
triangle across the screen to see the fractions lined up. By doing this this, students
You can find are able to see equivalent fractions and fractions that are not equivalent. The one
this “Fraction “1” tile shows students that each row below it adds up to be the same size as the 1
Manipulatives” tile; therefore, each row is equal to the 1 tile at the top. Students are able to see that
the “parts” of a whole particularly well in the “circle” mode. For example, circle
application on mode displays four ¼ pieces covering the circle, and thus ¼ + ¼ + ¼ + ¼ =1. With
an iOS device in the circles, students can see how fractions with different denominators look.
the Apple App “Fraction Manipulatives” is a boldly designed, straightforward application. The
“wall mode” solidifies students’ understanding of fractions. Although it is easy to
Store. use, the application does not have clear instructions about how to manipulate the
“wall,” “tiles,” “circles,” and “rings.” However, this could be beneficial to some
learners especially ELL learners as language is not a barrier, but others may
struggle without explicit directions. The variety of shapes and the colorfulness of
the shapes is captivating and allows students to see physically shift the blocks of
the wall, tiles, rings, and move the pieces of the fraction in the circles in different
ways. If students would like to make notes on their thinking, they are able to use
the virtual sketchpad tools to write notes.
Fraction Wall
The grey line shows
that the 1 tile is equal
to 2 one-half tiles and
3 one-third tiles, 4 one-
fourth tiles, and so on.
I constructed one
counter-example to show
that students will be able
to see that if they add up
fractions that are not
Circles equivalent to 1, the
fractional pieces of the
The circle mode circle will not fit together
challenges students and will overlap. You
who firmly can see how the blue 1/6
understand equivalent piece and yellow 1/5
fractions. piece are overlapping in
the example.
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