Bitesize Mathematics
Which standard?
What mathematical content is being learned (or intended to be learned)?
Is the focus on instrumental or relational understanding?
What role does technology play?
Technology in this case gives learners the opportunity to seek information, complete activities and test their learning. The site can be used for instructional purposes along with supplemental practice. Most activities are designed to be interactive and fun for learners while giving real world context to the math ideas.
What instructional function(s) does the resource serve?
What kinds of representations of the mathematics are used?
- Understand Numbers
- Understand Operations
- Compute Fluently
What mathematical content is being learned (or intended to be learned)?
- Whole numbers
- Place value
- Fractions
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
Is the focus on instrumental or relational understanding?
- instrumental understanding (carrying out procedures)
- relational understanding (understanding the meaning of mathematical words and symbols; connections among ideas)
What role does technology play?
Technology in this case gives learners the opportunity to seek information, complete activities and test their learning. The site can be used for instructional purposes along with supplemental practice. Most activities are designed to be interactive and fun for learners while giving real world context to the math ideas.
What instructional function(s) does the resource serve?
- practice (i.e., practicing skills or knowledge already learned)
- direct instruction/explanation (i.e., explaining or presenting content to students)
What kinds of representations of the mathematics are used?
- symbolic (i.e., numerals, symbols)
- visual/spatial (e.g., circles or squares with lines to show fractions)
- concrete or real-world objects (e.g., images of base-10 blocks, puppies, or jars)