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Direct linkBofferding, Laura; Yigit, Melike – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2013
The standing long jump was an Olympic event until 1912. In 1904, Ray Ewry set the world record for the longest standing long jump, which was about 11.5 feet, or 138 inches. Although the standing long jump is no longer an Olympic event, the Norwegians still include it in their National Competition, and Arne Tvervaag set a new world record at about…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Competition, Athletics
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)
