The Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) is using new forms of media to students learns. The most recent CD-ROM they made is designed to teach mathematics problem-solving skills to students. The name of the video is called Fraction of the Cost. The seven minute lesson, three middle school students plan to build a skateboard ramp with the money and materials given them. They then have to solve the problem using math skills of converting, calculating percentages, reading plans and working with fractions. The CD contains other models to help students’ strengthen their problem solving skills.
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Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/news/coverStories/new_technology_advances_research.php
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