Ian Whitacre, Jessica Pierson Bishop, Randolph A. Philipp, Lisa L. Lamb, and Bonnie P. Schappelle
Consider the following story problem about money, which we posed to 40 seventh graders during an interview that involved a variety of integer-related tasks:
Yesterday, you borrowed $8 from a friend to buy a school T-shirt.
Eliza Leszczynski, Mika Munakata, Jessica M. Evans, and Francesca Pizzigoni
Efforts to integrate mathematics and science have been widely recognized by mathematics and science educators. However, successful integration of these two important school disciplines remains a challenge.
Stephanie R. Whitney
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
—Robert Frost
When I became a mathematics teacher, I often found myself wishing that students would take the road most traveled, or the most efficient path to a solution.
Kien H. Lim
Just as failures are stepping-stones to success in life, errors can be launching pads for understanding mathematical concepts. The mathematics education community recognizes the value of student errors, noting that “mistakes are seen not as dead ends but rather as potential avenues for learning.