Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ504008
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1072-0839
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Flower Beds and Landscape Consultants: Making Connections in Middle School Mathematics.
Hersberger, Jim; Frederick, Bill
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v1 n5 p364-67 Apr-May 1995
Presents an activity through which students develop mathematical concepts connected to area and perimeter in a rich, real-life setting and use tables, graphs, diagrams, and spreadsheets to explore the problem, see relationships, and make and test conjectures about those relationships. Encourages algebraic thinking. (SYB)
Descriptors: Algebra, Area, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Geometric Concepts, Graphs, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Middle Schools, Problem Solving, Spreadsheets, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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