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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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Now & Then: Livestock Production by the Numbers; Taking the Measure of Things.
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Hilgart, Faye – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Describes the mathematics used by a Livestock Production Specialist in his job. Discusses various ways that measurements have been taken throughout history. (MKR)
Descriptors: Careers, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
No Kidding, My Mom's Got Homework?
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Bratina, Tuiren A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Presents ideas to increase parent involvement in students' mathematics work by sending worksheets home for families to work on together. Includes sample worksheet. (MKR)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Parent Participation
Implementing Data Analysis in a Sixth-Grade Classroom.
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Brosnan, Patricia A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Describes how one teacher is converting her traditional mathematics classroom into one that more closely reflects the NCTM Standards and shows how communication between professionals can result in rewarding changes in teaching and learning. Presents activities involving data analysis appropriate for middle school students. Includes reproducible…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Data Analysis, Educational Change, Grade 6
Now & Then: Counting On the Air; Time through the Ages.
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Bennett, Betsy K. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Discusses how a disc jockey uses mathematics. Presents a history of the 60 minute-per-hour notion of time. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Careers, Elementary Education, History, Junior High Schools
Covering the Plane with Rep-Tiles.
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Fosnaugh, Linda S.; Harrell, Marvin E. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Presents an activity in which students use geometric figures, rep-tiles, to design a tile floor. Rep-tiles are geometric figures of which copies can fit together to form a larger similar figure. Includes reproducible student worksheet. (MKR)
Descriptors: Design, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Middle Schools
Now & Then: From Manager to Meteorologist; From Heavenly Bodies to Barometers.
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Barnes, Sue; And Others – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Describes the work of a meteorologist, the history of meteorology, and links to mathematics. Contains reproducible student activity worksheets on weather data. (MKR)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Graphs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
A Conceptual Model for Solving Percent Problems.
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Bennett, Albert B., Jr.; Nelson, L. Ted – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Presents an alternative method to teaching percent problems which uses a 10x10 grid to help students visualize percents. Offers a means of representing information and suggests different approaches for finding solutions. Includes reproducible student worksheet. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Area, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Choice and Chance in Life: The Game of "Skunk."
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Brutlag, Dan – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Discusses a game to present middle-grade students that involves both choice and chance to help them understand the significance and usefulness of mathematical probability. Discusses winning versus self-improvement and provides a student worksheet to help students in thinking about the game. (MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Games
Now & Then: From Cashier to Scan Coordinator; From Stones to Bones to PC Clones.
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Barnes, Sue; Michalowicz, Karen Dee – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1994
Discusses the changes in the scanning of food and the current use of computer technology and UPC bar codes in a grocery store and traces the history of calculating tools from the use of fingers, abacus, slide rule, calculators, and computers. Includes reproducible student activity sheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education