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Joana Conceição; Margarida Rodrigues – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
Can You Build It? is an engaging Improve It! task that asks children to construct 3D shapes based on 2D depictions. Students' initial 3D creations often need revision, and as they build and re-build, they develop spatial relationships. This task was implemented in a first-grade class, connected to composing 3D geometric shapes to address the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometric Concepts, Task Analysis, Grade 1
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Champagne, Zachary – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Providing students the autonomy and choice to learn when productive struggle becomes unproductive is a core teaching belief in the author's classroom. The author teaches in a multiage classroom where he has 16 first- and second-grade students, ages 6, 7, and 8. Like other educators, he believes in the importance of productive struggle. The author…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Winters, J. Jeremy; Winters, Kristin E.; Kimmins, Dovie L. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2020
Potential benefits of providing elementary school students experiences with coding robots are well-documented. These include building skill sets related to logical thinking, problem solving, persistence, collaboration, and communication (Harrell 2015). The authors embrace the value of coding in helping elementary school students develop these…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Coding