https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99 The Explorers' Constructivist Approach en-us 2017-10-06 00:50:52 UTC 2025-11-03 07:33:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pizza.png marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194535888 The students should create puzzle pieces. They must write out fractions as numbers with numerators and denominators on half of the pieces and draw images of pie/pizza shapes that have been filled in to match the written fraction on the other half of the pieces. ]]> 2017-10-06 01:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194535888 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194535932 Piece 1 - half the pie shaded
Piece 2 - "1/2" written out
Piece 3 - two quarters shaded
Piece 4 -"2/4" written out]]> 2017-10-06 01:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194535932 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194535987 The students will be encouraged to share and trade pieces to see if there are any matches. They would have fun mixing them up and putting them back together again. ]]> 2017-10-06 01:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194535987 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194537362 Example puzzle pieces]]> 2017-10-06 01:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194537362 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194537712 Jonassen (1999) recommends that a CLE should engage learners in solving authentic problems. Authentic can mean that “learners should engage in activities which present the same type of cognitive challenges as those in the real world... it can also mean that the activity is personally relevant and interesting to the learner” (p. 222). Using pizza slices to learn equivalent fractions would represent an authentic problem, both relevant and interesting for grade 3 students. Who doesn’t like pizza?]]> 2017-10-06 01:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194537712 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194538064 1. Modeling - "show me" (provide worked examples)

2. Coaching - "how am I doing?" (provide hints and help)

3. Scaffolding - "help me do this" (adjust the task difficulty)
a) starting with simpler fractions (1/2, 1/4, 1/3) and increasing difficulty (5/6, 3/5), or
b) start with pizza slices (easier) and progress to fraction bars (more difficult)... Perhaps play dough or fruit roll-ups could be used to represent bars.]]> 2017-10-06 01:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194538064 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194538677 The activity would also meet some of the 7 goals by "encouraging the use of multiple modes of representation " by using both manipulatives (plastic pizza slices, paper strips) and paper and pencil for recording as well as embedding learning in a social context by having students collaborate with each other to create their pizzas and write their equivalent fractions.]]> 2017-10-06 01:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194538677 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194539073 Yes! A CLE could be developed for grade 3 students learning equivalent fractions.]]> 2017-10-06 01:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194539073 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194539761 The "modeling" learning support would include some form of direct instruction.]]> 2017-10-06 01:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194539761 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194540183 2017-10-06 01:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194540183 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194540289 2017-10-06 01:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194540289 marieketchgaddas https://padlet.com/marieketchgaddas/n51sxrckqb99/wish/194540447

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