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ERIC Number: EJ559995
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Focussing on Worthwhile Mathematical Tasks in Professional Development: Using a Task from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Blume, Glendon W.; Zawojewski, Judith S.; Silver, Edward A.; Kenney, Patricia Ann
Mathematics Teacher, v91 n2 p156-61 Feb 1998
Illustrates how engagement in worthwhile mathematical tasks can provide rich opportunities for professional development. Presents different solution strategies for the effective tax rate problem. Emphasizes that, to help students recognize differences among the preceding arguments, teachers need to recognize reasoning based on part-whole relationships. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Professional Development, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress