Instructional Modalities
In all classrooms teachers are encouraged to implement the Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) means of introducing new concepts. The steps in this process include:
- Concrete: The students can physically touch and manipulate objects to anchor their understanding.
- Representation / Pictorial: The students are drawing representations to model their thinking.
- Abstract: The students are doing "pencil-paper" math with an underlying conceptual understanding.