Karen Bush Hoiberg, Janet Sharp, Ted Hodgson, Jim Colbert
This article from NCTM's 2003 Yearbook
Learning and Teaching Measurement
discusses various literary works containing measurement topics.
Esther Billings, Melanie Schultz McClure
How the context of mailing a package was used with seventh-grade students to explore and connect the different representations of step and linear functions. Students will learn geometry concepts and algebra concepts through this hands-on, real world application.
Murray Siegel
Teachers share various student solution approaches from a "Food for Thought from Jay's Diner" problem.
Lisa Clement, Jamal Bernhard
The pitfalls of using key words to support students when problem solving, and an alternative way (quantitative analysis) to support students' sense-making. Research from this article will show teachers how to use quantitative analysis to help guide problem solving in the classroom.