Hi Phil -
I had to teach the fraction and decimal reading many years ago and took the
following approach, which seemed to work. I prepared Vu-Graph slides, to
scale, of both types of rulers (decimal & fraction), adding actual markings
to them to help the students grasp the concepts, then had them work along
using identical rulers at their training work stations. The final exercises
consisted of a test of taking measurements of small wood blocks, then we
graduated to the use of calipers, micrometers and feeler gages..
For a few students, I had to use graphic illustrations of squares,
subdivided by both decimal and fractional elements.
IMHO (in my humble opinion), it worked, but I always wondered where these
folks were during third and fourth grade math classes which were paid by our
tax dollars.
Regards - Kelly
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Nutting <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: [TN]
>Happy New Year All,
>
>In our in-house training program we include not only soldering, but through
>hole assembly techniques, print reading, component identification and
>reading a scale or ruler. One problem we have encountered is there are some
>assemblers that have no understanding of fractions. I'm looking for a good
>method of teaching fractions and what all those little lines on a ruler
>mean.
>
>Any comments?
>
>Feel free to contact me online or offline.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>ps, I give up. What is IMHO? I know ROFL, LMAO and LOL, but IMHO?
>
>Phil Nutting
>Manufacturing Engineer
>Kaiser Systems, Inc.
>High Voltage Power Supplies That Work(tm)
>126 Sohier Road
>Beverly, MA 01915
>ph: 978-922-9300
>fx: 978-922-8374
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