Stephanie Berry
A project that helps students to realize the significance of mathematics in their daily lives and to explore mathematical concepts and skills through literature.
Rebecca Ambrose
This article summarizes research revealing that some girls rely on manipulatives rather than invent more abstract approaches to problems. It provides suggestions for teachers to help develop more adventurous approaches to problem solving.
Joy Whitenack, Nancy Knipping, Jenine Loesing, Ok-Kyeong Kim, Abby Beetsma
How one first-grade teacher facilitated opportunities for her students to develop number sense.
Patricia Manchester
A third grade class's month-long examination of what their grade chose to eat for lunch includes predictions, the challenging of preconceptions, and suggestions for gathering data and using results to make changes that matter to students.
Lynda Wiest
Four approaches to teaching mathematics from a multicultural perspective. Includes a list of resource materials for supporting multicultural mathematics instruction.