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division problems with varying degrees of difficulty. If the student punches out the right answer on a keyboard that resembles a* touch tone telephone dial, a smiling face pops up and the mathiputer moves on to the next problem. If the wrong answer is punched, the student gets a frowny face plus the right answer and the problem is repeated.
Traditional Methods Also
Mrs. Hobson uses more than just new fangled teaching techniques. Along with computers and tapes, she relies on tried and true old fashioned methods.
Judy Pullen, working on measurement problems, was having a little difficulty grasping the concept of pints and quarts. Holding a pint container at arm’s length in one hand and a quart jar in the other, she shut an eye in concentration, trying to visualize how many little ones it took to make a big one.
“Why don’t you go to Miss Kilby’s sink and see how many go in there?” suggested Mrs. Hobson.
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