Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ474881
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Involve the Community.
Barnes, Sue Jackson
Mathematics Teacher, v86 n6 p442-48 Sep 1993
High school mathematics project in which students interviewed guest speakers about the mathematics used in their jobs. Students wrote five real world problems based on the mathematics used by the person interviewed. The class worked through the problems and found that estimation was often a helpful strategy. (PDD)
Descriptors: Discussion, Estimation (Mathematics), General Mathematics, High Schools, Interviews, Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Occupations, Problem Solving, School Community Relationship, Secondary School Mathematics, Student Projects, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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