M4thodology K-2 Session General Session on Assessment

BollesM4thodology generalsession| jacksonville, florida |18 June 2013

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| Ministry of Education, Singapore (1991, 2000, 2006, 2012)

Mathematics is “an excellent vehicle for the development and improvement of a

person’s intellectual competence”.

|Ministry of Education, Singapore (2006)

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Can you see how we can put 12 stars into equal groups?

Are the groups equal? How many groups? How many stars in each groups?

Can you see how we can put 12 stars into groups of 4’s?

Can you see how we can put 12 stars into groups of 2’s?

A box holds 4 cupcakes. How many boxes are needed to hold 15 cupcakes?

Newman Procedure • Read • Comprehend • Know Strategy • Transform • Compute • Interpret

I want to draw.

A box holds 4 cupcakes. How many boxes are needed to hold 15 cupcakes?

Newman Procedure • Read • Comprehend • Know Strategy • Transform • Compute • Interpret

I want to divide.

15 ÷ 4 = 3 remainder 3

At least, 4 boxes are needed to hold the cupcakes.

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