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Laurel E. Brandon; Sally M. Reis; Joseph S. Renzulli; Ronald A. Beghetto – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
This mixed-methods study examined 220 teachers' responses from a new instrument, the Imagination, Creativity, and Innovation (ICI) Index. ICI Index scores represented teachers' predictions of how students would rate their school's support for student creativity, which was assumed to represent the teachers' perspective of the actual support for…
Descriptors: Creativity, Teacher Attitudes, Student Projects, Elementary School Teachers
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Matic, Ljerka Jukic – REDIMAT - Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, 2019
Various curriculum resources have emerged over the last decades, but the textbook still remains the most used teaching and learning resource in mathematics classrooms. In this paper, we use a case study to analyse the teaching practice of one mathematics teacher. The aim of the study is to examine how the mathematics teacher interacts with the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods
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Bush, Sarah B.; Karp, Karen S.; Albanese, Judy; Dillon, Fred – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
What better way to interest students in mathematics than using a Super Bowl® commercial? A Prudential® insurance commercial aired during the Super Bowl in 2013 was the impetus for this lesson (see it here on You-Tube™: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=IsNiKGMSHUQ). In the commercial, four hundred people were polled on "How Old Is the Oldest…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 6
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Petrovici, Constantin; Havârneanu, Geanina – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2015
In this article we intend to analyze the effectiveness of an educational program of mathematical creativity, designed for learners aged 10 to 12 years, which has been implemented in an urban school of Iasi, Romania. This analysis has both a psycho-educational dimension and a statistical analysis one. The psycho-educational dimension refers to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Creativity, Urban Schools
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Mills, Judith – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2011
Many students experience great difficulty understanding the meaning of fractions. For many students who have spent their early mathematics lessons focusing on counting (whole) numbers, recognising that there are many numbers between those whole numbers called fractional numbers, is quite revolutionary. The foundation of understanding fractions is…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods
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Klanderman, David B.; Moore, Mary Webster; Maxwell, Mandi S.; Robbert, Sharon K. – PRIMUS, 2013
We describe several service-learning initiatives implemented by the mathematics and education departments. College students with majors and minors in math and math education have helped to design and implement math events for elementary and middle school students. Formal and informal reflections on these service-related experiences have…
Descriptors: Service Learning, College Students, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities
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O'Donovan, Toni M.; MacPhail, Ann; Kirk, David – Education 3-13, 2010
Sport education (SE) is an instruction model developed amid concerns about the lack of authentic, legitimate opportunities for young people to experience sport through physical education and was designed to facilitate enhanced links between experiences in physical education and those in the wider world of sport. The paper discusses how one UK…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Citizenship Education, Creative Teaching, Athletics
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Leung, Shuk-kwan S.; Lo, Jane-Jane – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2010
This article features Sweet play math, a "math by the month" activity that involves decorating and making sugar cubes. Teachers may want to substitute straws, paper squares, alphabet blocks, or such commercially made manipulatives as Unifix[R] cubes for the real sweets. Given no allergy concerns, teachers and students alike would enjoy some sweet…
Descriptors: Play, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Manipulative Materials
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Brodie, Eleanor – Primary Science, 2010
This article discusses how the author has developed and managed a collection of exciting resources that aim to aid transition from primary to secondary school by tackling science topics through historical contexts. Working with teachers at both primary and secondary level, the Double Crossed project has designed two exciting cross-curricular…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, History, Interdisciplinary Approach
Haxhi, Jessica – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 2009
During this five-day unit, students will enter the world of a Japanese classroom. They will talk about school uniforms, "fill" their backpacks with school items, and learn how to do a simple self-introduction in front of their peers. Students will participate in the cultural customs of a Japanese classroom and view pictures, videos, and…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Creative Teaching, Foreign Countries, School Uniforms
Jones, Margaret; Underwood, Val – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2007
In this article, the authors describe a varied day of stimulating mathematics with key stage 2 learners--all revolving around chocolate. They used a variety of stimuli organized around the chocolate theme. A whole day was spent on using and applying mathematics, and the exercise proved to be enjoyable for both staff and pupils. The children…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities
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Capraro, Robert M.; Capraro, Mary Margaret – Reading Psychology, 2006
This study analyzed how one teacher used contemporary children's literature to supplement middle-grades geometry. The teacher's students were matched to students in other classes on general reading, general mathematics, and geometry. Student and teacher interviews, observation notes, and video tape recordings provided insights into fluency and…
Descriptors: Geometry, Childrens Literature, Middle Schools, Mathematics Instruction
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Chen-Hafteck, Lily – International Journal of Music Education, 2007
The aim of the Sounds of Silk project was to develop an interdisciplinary educational program that combines the study of Chinese music and culture with the goal of motivating students' learning. It involved three schools, six teachers and 250 fifth- and sixth-grade students in New York City. Participants explored three topics in Chinese music and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Creative Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Murphy, David E.; Gulley, Laura L. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2005
The story of John Henry provided the setting for sixth-grade class to participate in a John Henry Day of mathematics experiments. The students collected data from experiments where students competed against machines and technology. The student analyzed the data by comparing two box plots, a box plot of human data, and a box plot of machine or…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Grade 6, Mathematics Instruction, Data Analysis