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Direct linkNobre, Sandra; Amado, Nelia; Carreira, Susana – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2012
In this article we report and discuss a contextual problem solving task that was proposed to a class of 8th grade (13-14-year-old) students. These students had been developing a reasonable experience in the use of the spreadsheet to model relations within contextual problems and chose to use this tool to solve the mentioned problem, engaging in…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Grade 8, Algebra, Spreadsheets
Duke, Billy J.; Dwyer, Jerry F.; Wilhelm, Jennifer; Moskal, Barbara – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2008
Outreach mathematicians are college faculty who are trained in mathematics but who undertake an active role in improving primary and secondary education. This role is examined through a study where an outreach mathematician introduced the concept of complex variables to junior high school students in the United States with the goal of stimulating…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Mathematics, Professional Personnel, Outreach Programs
