Reading a tape measure Step 3 | Research-based teaching and learning sequence
Surprisingly, there is little research that directly informs how to support a learner to read a tape measure.
Below is a sequence that aligns with research about how mathematics develops.
- Develop personal benchmarks.
- Show learners how to read a tape measure (including signal points).
- Get learners to say measurements aloud.
- Convert between units of measure (cm to mm).
- Introduce different measurement tape formats.
This video provides an overview of each of these.
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