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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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McGwire, Sosa, and the Home-Run Champions.
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Spangler, David B. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Presents an activity in which students use mathematical thinking and applications to analyze Major League Baseball home run data. (ASK)
Descriptors: Baseball, Data Processing, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Activities
Mode Code.
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Spangler, David B. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Features a question that focuses on the use of cryptology to teach modes. (ASK)
Descriptors: Coding, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Mathematics Detective: Ads That Are BAA-AD!
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Spangler, David B. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Presents mathematics questions to analyze what advertisements are saying mathematically. (ASK)
Descriptors: Advertising, Arithmetic, Computation, Mathematics Activities
Calculations That Are Not Par for the Course.
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Spangler, David B. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Presents an activity on reading data from a table, estimation, computation, and 15 questions about the activities and their solutions. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computation, Data Interpretation, Elementary School Mathematics, Estimation (Mathematics)
Mathematics Detective: The Case of the Smash Hit.
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Spangler, David B. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Presents an activity on probability and area in which students try to decide which door to buy. (ASK)
Descriptors: Area, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Intermediate Grades