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You can email Ms Sarah Clegg <sclegg@unimelb.edu.au> or Professor Kaye Stacey <k.stacey@unimelb.edu.au> to obtain information about bulk discounts.

Learning About Decimals: An activity book.

Archer, S., Condon, C., Steinle, V., & Stacey, K. (2010) Learning about decimals: An activity book. Melbourne Graduate School of education, University of Melbourne.

This book contains under one cover two publications previously published separately.

Lesson Ideas and Activities for Teaching Decimals

This 69 page booklet contains lesson plans, ideas for short activities, guides to using concrete materials, photocopy masters and worksheets for addressing common difficulties in understanding decimal notation. (Suitable for Years 2 to 10) See below for ordering information.

Linear Arithmetic Blocks: A concrete model for teaching decimals

This 43 page booklet contains lesson plans for using a very effective but not well known model for decimal numeration and operations, which can be made from plastic pipe. There is an introductory section and ten fully prepared activities. (Suitable for Years 5 to 8)

Initially we made the linear arithmetic blocks ourselves. However, we were recently able to obtain them commercially from Every Educaid, New Zealand http://www.everyeducaid.co.nz/ who call them the DeciPipes Kit.

Ordering Information

Sarah Clegg (sclegg@unimelb.edu.au)
Melbourne Graduate School of Education - Science and Mathematics Education
Doug McDonell Building Level 7
University of Melbourne
AUSTRALIA 3010

Cost $32 + postage

or for other information, contact Professor Kaye Stacey, k.stacey@unimelb.edu.au tel (03) 8344 8400 OR (03) 8344 8443, fax (03) 8344 3742 (International +61 3 8344 8400)