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Happy 2012!! This month's Recommended Reading is SUCCESS -- a monthly magazine with ideas and tips for being the best you can be all year round. The Math topic is benchmark fractions which are important for learning the relationship between fractions, decimals and percents. The second installment of the Math Confidence Philosophy highlights how Math can improve thinking and how Math skills are life skills.
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Recommended Reading
SUCCESS magazine, relaunched in 2008, is a monthly resource of ideas for personal and professional development by experts like management guru John Maxwell, SUCCESS editor Darren Hardy and Dr. Oz.
After New Year's Resolutions are made, where can one find inspiration all year round? Each SUCCESS issue contains an audio CD -- learning by listening can have a powerful positive influence on your life!
The universal principles that SUCCESS shares are relevant to work, school, life, finance and relationships. The book SUCCESS for Teens uses these same ideas in a format and language for young adults.
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The Math Confidence Philosophy Part II
Math Confidence's unique philosophy provides an outlook on Math, education and life. This month's principles focus on Math as a life skill. More information is available on Google Docs:
Part II: Why Study Math?
5. The SAT vs the Marathon
6. Math helps with metacognition (thinking about thinking)
7. Constant and Never-Ending Improvement
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Benchmark Fractions
Benchmark fractions are common fractions like 1/2, 1/4 and 1/5 -- knowing the decimals and percents associated with these benchmarks can help students understand different representations of numbers while creating fluency and confidence. 1/2, 1/4 and 1/5 are terminating decimals that end (0.5, 0.25 and 0.2). Repeating decimals, such as 1/3 = .33333repeating, should be written as .3 with a line above the 3.
Fraction to Decimal Conversion
Fraction Number LIne
Interactive Number Line from NCTM
Better Lesson Decimal Benchmark Worksheets
Comparing Fractions and Decimals Worksheet
UCI Wiki on Relating Decimals, Fractions and Percents
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