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Students of all ages benefit from being able to use materials to model and solve problems and explain their thinking. Encourage all students to use tools and materials and to explain how they use them. They should see how different people, including the teacher, use a variety of materials to solve the same problem. To make effective use of materials as tools for learning, teachers need to:<\/p>\n
… continue reading about how to use materials effectively in the classroom (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Array Cards are rectangular arrangements of squares that help students develop a visual image of multiplication as equal groups (e.g. 6 rows of 8, or 8 rows of 6), and Investigations<\/em> sees the calculator as an efficient tool for many purposes in life, and aims to help students learn to use it sensibly, knowing that using it well depends on the user\u2019s correct analysis and organization of the problem, comparing its results with reasonable estimates, understanding when they are appropriate to use and for double-checking. … continue reading about how calculators are used in Investigations <\/em>(pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Computers are explicitly linked to one curriculum unit at each grade level through software that is provided with the curriculum. These pieces of software\u2014Shapes<\/em> at K-2 and LogoPaths<\/em> at 3-5\u2014are intended to support and extend the mathematics of the geometry and measuring units. While highlighted in these units, ideally students should have access to the software throughout the year. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/70.40.220.109\/~tercedu\/investigations\/inv2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/implementing_DSCN0818.jpg” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ animation=”off”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manipulatives and Other Math Tools Materials as Tools for Learning Students of all ages benefit from being able to use materials to model and solve problems and explain their thinking. Encourage all students to use tools and materials and to explain how they use them. They should see how different people, including the teacher, use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":490,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PawyiF-eM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2273,"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions\/2273"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigations.terc.edu\/inv2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Array Cards in Investigations<\/em><\/h2>\n
Calculators in Investigations<\/em><\/h2>\n
Software in Investigations<\/em><\/h2>\n
Learn about the Shapes<\/em> software (pdf)<\/a>.
Learn about the LogoPaths<\/em> software (pdf)<\/a>.
Learn about using the computer as a tool for learning (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n