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Dispelling Myths about Reform in School Mathematics.
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Curcio, Frances R. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Dispells five myths in mathematics education related to the standards and reform efforts. Contains 19 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
How Do Students Think about Statistical Sampling before Instruction?
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Jacobs, Victoria R. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Explores misconceptions that students hold about sampling techniques on surveys. Highlights students' thinking and instructional implications from two studies that examined upper-elementary students' written and oral explanations as they responded to survey situations. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Dominoes as Fractions: Misconceptions and Understandings.
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Ward, Robin A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Presents an activity in which students must arrange five fractions represented by dominoes in ascending order and justify their reasons for the ordering. Representing common fractions with dominoes helps identify students' misconceptions about fractions. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Activities
What Is the Whole?
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Wentworth, Nancy M.; Monroe, Eula Ewing – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1995
Discusses ways teachers can encourage students to construct useful meanings for the fractional unit. Provides three examples of representations of common fractions and illustrates misconceptions in fraction problems. Includes a brief summary of constructivist mathematics education and an example in which a teacher misunderstands a fractional unit.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Fractions