Grade 6 Multiplying and Dividing Fluently with Ryan Flessn

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This video addresses Indiana Academic Standard for Math 6.C.1: Divide multi-digit whole numbers fluently using a standard algorithmic approach. Math education consultant Ryan Flessner helps educators envision the teaching and assessment of this standard in Grade 6.

Fourth- and fifth-grade students spend significant amounts of time understanding the concept of division conceptually. In sixth grade this prior knowledge is crucial. Rather than negating all of this prior knowledge, educators in Grade 6 should capitalize on these understandings when introducing the standard U.S. algorithm.

Rather than teaching rote procedures for students to memorize, educators in Grade 6 should ensure that students understand how and why the standard U.S. algorithm works. This can be done by relating the algorithm to conceptual understandings from previous grades. Concrete models like base ten blocks and strategies such as the partial quotients algorithm provide solid foundations upon which educators in Grade 6 can build. When assessing this standard, great care should be taken to ensure that students are not simply regurgitating procedures delineated by adults. Students should be able to explain the algorithm while connecting it to mathematical knowledge that justifies each move they make.

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