Rebecca Robichaux, Paulette Rodrigue
Sorting shapes and solving riddles
develop and advance children’s geometric thinking and understanding while
promoting mathematical communication, cooperative learning, and numerous
representations.
Aimee Ellington, Joy Whitenack
A mathematics specialist has great success using a
pattern-block configuration to help a small group of fifth graders understand
that fractional parts of a whole unit must be equal in size. That’s just the
way the funky cookie crumbles.
Mary Mueller, Carolyn Maher
Learn how five
characteristics of tasks and learning environments during an informal
after-school program led these sixth graders to successful problem solving
using direct and indirect reasoning to justify their solutions, make their
justifications public, and respond to mathematical arguments.
Teaching Children Mathematics