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McDuffie, Amy Roth; Wohlhuter, Kay A.; Breyfogle, M. Lynn – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2011
Just as ready-made clothes may not provide a perfect fit for all bodies, math lessons may not be a perfect fit for all students. Published instructional tasks, including problems in mathematics textbooks, often need to be tailored to be meaningful, relevant, or accessible to each student. Ways are possible to take high-level reasoning tasks and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Relevance (Education), Mathematics Teachers
Jenkins, Oliver F. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2010
Middle school mathematics teachers face unprecedented challenges. Foremost among those challenges is being able to systematically adapt instructional practices to advance student achievement relative to rigorous math standards. These challenges are not likely to be overcome by individual teachers. That said, it is widely argued that collaborative…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Cooperation, Grade 6, Mathematics Teachers
Wiest, Lynda R.; Amankonah, Frank O.; Thomas, Troy A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2011
Mathematics education is replete with activities that explore real-world problems. A variety of these problems are added to lessons in the belief that merely applying mathematics knowledge to everyday contexts will enhance the transfer of that knowledge to other settings. However, these contexts are hypothetical rather than authentic. This…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Grade 5, Grade 6, Middle School Students
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Shaw, Joan – Teacher Librarian, 2004
In school library research programs, a challenge for students doing research emerges when they take their projects home and turn to their parents for assistance. Often parents lack sufficient knowledge of the research process to be able to effectively help their children. Moreover, teachers expect parents to monitor student homework but rarely…
Descriptors: Student Research, Scoring Rubrics, Student Projects, Grading