Mathew D. Felton, Cynthia O. Anhalt, and Ricardo Cortez
Future middle school teachers tested the waters of modeling in the classroom with a bath versus shower water conservation problem.
Tamara J. Moore, Helen M. Doerr, Aran W. Glancy, and Forster D. Ntow
A model-eliciting activity is a useful tool that allows students’ problem-solving skills and ideas to take flight.
Katie A. Hendrickson
A community-focused lesson that allows students to explore and model their findings with mathematics can also produce students who are aware of the environment.
Jonathan D. Bostic
To make a Dairy Queen Blizzard problem stand up to scrutiny, look to the Common Core for a recipe.
Lorraine M. Baron
Selling muffins introduced students to quadratic functions. Communicating with tables, graphs, and formulas helped solidify their understanding.