PETER GREGORY GRAIN
Medical Practice in North Lakeport, MI
License number
Pennsylvania MD068919L
Category
Medicine
Type
Medical Physician and Surgeon
Address
Address
2
North Lakeport, MI 48059
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Professional information
Checkerboard Math/Dora's Grid Math
US Patent:
2013027, Oct 17, 2013
Filed:
Apr 13, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/446642
Inventors:
Peter Gregory Grain - Fort Gratiot MI, US
International Classification:
G09B 19/02
US Classification:
434191
Abstract:
A mathematical teaching aid based on a grid system. There are multiple grid based modules meant to teach math concepts from preK thru college level math. There are modules for teaching how to count, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fraction manipulation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, equivalencies and LCD.) The system provides a physical, and visual model of math and lends itself to self-discovery/self-assistance by the student. The system is attractive to the student because coloring by the student is a part of the learning process, so the student is having fun while learning. This system exceeds the criteria for an ideal math model. These criteria are discussed in the definitive article (Murata, Aki (2008) ‘Mathematics Teaching and Learning as a Mediating Process: The Case of Tape Diagrams’, Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 10:4, 374-406.) This system is easy to use, inexpensive, and puts the student on math learning auto-pilot.