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Peer reviewedOlson, Judith; Olson, Melfried – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
These activities explore classification and logical reasoning by providing students with opportunities to generate multiple answers and engage in multiple classifications of the same item. No solutions are suggested so that students will look to themselves as the mathematical authorities. Sample items for classification include birthday months,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classification, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education
