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Burris, Justin T. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2013
Technology permeates every aspect of daily life, from the sensors that control the traffic signals to the cameras that allow real-time video chats with family around the world. At times, technology may make life easier, faster, and more productive. However, does technology do the same in schools and classrooms? Will the benefits of technology…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Manipulative Materials, Teaching Methods
Kurz, Terri L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2012
Do manufacturers' claims about water projectile toys measure up? It is one thing to assert that a Super Soaker[R] shoots thirty linear feet, but can it really shoot that far? This lesson gives students an opportunity to test the claims, experience measurement in a meaningful context, and analyze data within that context. Although measurement can…
Descriptors: Toys, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Creative Teaching
McCool, Jenni K.; Holland, Carol – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2012
As teachers work to ensure that their students meet and exceed standards set by state and national governing bodies, the need for teacher support becomes greater and greater. Teachers, who play the most important role in a student's education, are faced with a classroom full of children who understand concepts on many different levels. To gain…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Academic Standards, Mathematics Skills
Polly, Drew; Orrill, Chandra – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2012
Cognitively demanding tasks are at the heart of the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSI 2010). As with all the grades, teachers of grades 5 and 6 are challenged to use tasks that simultaneously address the grade-level Standards as well as the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP). Cognitively demanding tasks…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Instructional Program Divisions, Elementary School Mathematics
Bleiler, Sarah K.; Thompson, Denisse R. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2012
Given the recent release and widespread state adoption of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM), teachers across the country now have common goals related to what their students should understand about particular mathematical topics. The authors of CCSSM explain, "Asking a student to understand something means asking a teacher to…
Descriptors: State Standards, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction
Lamberg, Teruni; Wiest, Lynda R. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2012
"What do you do with the remainder when you divide?" Mrs. Thompson asked her third-grade students. They replied with such comments as, "You can't share that, because they won't be equal!" and "It's not going to come out even because you can't do that!" These answers were consistent with third- and fourth-grade student performance in a pretest and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Grade 3, Arithmetic, Number Concepts
Stump, Sheryl L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
What is the role of patterns in developing algebraic reasoning? This important question deserves thoughtful attention. In response, this article examines some differing views of algebraic reasoning, discusses a controversy regarding patterns, and describes how three types of patterns--in contextual problems, in growing geometric figures, and in…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction, Geometric Concepts
Shaughnessy, Meghan M. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
Tasks that ask students to label rational number points on a number line are common not only in curricula in the upper elementary school grades but also on state assessments. Such tasks target foundational rational number concepts: A fraction (or a decimal) is more than a shaded part of an area, a part of a pizza, or a representation using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Numbers, Number Concepts
Englard, Lisa – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2010
In a 1981 diagnostic test, the Ministry of Education in Singapore found its country facing a challenge: Only 46 percent of students in grades 2-4 could solve word problems that were presented without such key words as "altogether" or "left." Yet today, according to results from the Trends in International Mathematics and…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Edwards, Michael Todd; Harper, Suzanne R. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2010
During a two-week summer professional development workshop, teams of intermediate-level school teachers and college methods instructors crafted mathematics learning modules--activities, lesson plans, work sheets, and technology-oriented tasks--with the primary goal of strengthening students' understanding of various geometric concepts. They recast…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Learning Modules, Educational Technology, Geometric Concepts
Bobis, Janette – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2007
This article explores the origins and potential benefits of the empty number line for the development of mental computation. It also provides a learner's perspective of its use through the reflections of nine-year-old Emily. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Mental Computation, Number Concepts, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes
Whitin, Phyllis E. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2007
This article describes how a survey designed to assess attitudes and dispositions about mathematics informed curricular decision making in a fourth-grade setting. (Contains 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 4, Student Attitudes
Schwerdtfeger, Julie Kern; Chan, Angela – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2007
This article explores how counting collections of objects helps elementary-age children develop number sense and number relations. The authors provide evidence that counting collections offers multiple entry points for children at different places on the counting trajectory. It is suggested that the teacher's role is one of noticing, questioning,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Warfield, Janet; Kloosterman, Peter – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2006
More than a decade has passed since Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 1989) and Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics (NCTM 1991) were published, and the question of whether students' learning of mathematics has improved during that time has frequently been asked. Scores on the mathematics assessment of the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests, Grade 4, Mathematics Instruction
Jacobs, Victoria R.; Kusiak, Julie – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2006
This article describes the results of a year-long exploration of first graders' tool use. It also showcases instructional activities designed to link tool use with quantitative understanding. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Interviews, Grade 1, Elementary School Mathematics, Manipulative Materials
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