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== Guidance notes ==
== Guidance notes ==


<br> NEW IMPROVED VERSION HERE - automatically generates new numbers: <br>http://www.lima.ohio-state.edu/people/iboyadzhiev/GeoGebra/FractionOnNumberLine.html


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'''IV Pedagogical Rationale'''
'''IV. Pedagogical Rationale'''
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The students can create many examples for a short time. The constructions are precise, thus eliminating misconceptions created by less accurate hand drawn figures. The game creates an easy transition from the concrete to the abstract-- from a part of a square to a point on the number line.
The students can create many examples for a short time. The constructions are precise, thus eliminating misconceptions created by less accurate hand drawn figures. The game creates an easy transition from the concrete to the abstract-- from a part of a square to a point on the number line.