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Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning: How Can "Principles and Standards" Help?
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Silver, Edward A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2000
Presents an overview of the 6-8 Standards and their rationale. Demonstrates the need for a cohesive mathematics curriculum. (YDS)
Descriptors: Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education
Gaining Insight into Students' Thinking through Assessment Tasks.
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Stylianou, Despina A.; Kenney, Patricia Ann; Silver, Edward A.; Alacaci, Cengiz – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2000
Examines students' thinking about an open-ended National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) task through written and oral explanations. (YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools
Marcy's Dot Pattern.
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Kenney, Patricia Ann; Zawojewski, Judith S.; Silver, Edward A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Presents a problem included on the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress in mathematics at grade eight in the content area of algebra and functions. Collects and examines a set of responses to this problem and discusses some examples of strategies that students used to determine the answer to the problem. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Functions (Mathematics), Grade 8, Junior High Schools
"Algebra for All"--Increasing Students' Access To Algebraic Ideas, Not Just Algebra Courses.
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Silver, Edward A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Suggests that the differences existing between the view of algebra as a mandated course at a specified grade level and the view of algebra as a way of mathematical thinking and reasoning developed gradually over time must be positively integrated to help students develop a genuine capacity for algebraic thinking and reasoning. (AIM)
Descriptors: Algebra, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Concepts
Meeting the Challenges of Diversity and Relevance.
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Schwan-Smith, Margaret; Silver, Edward A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1995
Discusses the QUASAR Project, which has worked with middle school teachers in disadvantaged communities in order to help increase the relevance of mathematics by making connections between the mathematics taught in school and the lives of students. (16 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Equal Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematical Applications