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#1 2024-05-05 03:34:14
- Hagerbeker
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Best way to teach conversions of inches, feet, and yards
My student is not grasping the relationships of these measures nor how to convert between them.
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#2 2024-05-05 08:58:30
- Bob
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Re: Best way to teach conversions of inches, feet, and yards
I like to be practical in lessons so I think I'd start with a tape measure.
Your student can use it to do conversions and you can set measuring exercises where a measurement can be given in a variety of ways.
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#3 2025-10-07 02:30:32
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Re: Best way to teach conversions of inches, feet, and yards
Give real-world examples, such as litres, meters, and kilogrammes.
Create number lines or conversion ladders to visualise.
Ask yourself, "Am I going to a bigger or smaller unit?" to help you think clearly.
Practical experience: measure or pour to observe connections.
Make a connection to math and perform numerical conversions once it makes sense.
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