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Whitman, Carmen – Math Solutions, 2011
"It's All Connected" provides teachers of mathematics the support they need to improve their instruction. This in-demand collection of lessons for grades 6-8 explores proportionality, proportional relationships, and proportional reasoning, acknowledging that the ability to reason proportionally is crucial in the middle school mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Ponce, Gregorio A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2008
Using sticky notes and number lines, a hands-on activity is shared that anchors initial student thinking about absolute value. The initial point of reference should help students successfully evaluate numeric problems involving absolute value. They should also be able to solve absolute value equations and inequalities that are typically found in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Prior Learning, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods
EdSource, 2009
This Parent/Student Guide explains why Algebra I is a required subject, how it helps prepare students for the future, how Algebra I fits into the student's high school math program, and what parents can do to support their student's success in learning algebra. It also explains why California policymakers require all students to take algebra and…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
Wentworth, George; Smith, David Eugene; Brown, Joseph Clifton – Ginn and Company, 1918
This textbook is third in a series of three volumes presenting a mathematics course for junior high school and six-year high schools. This volume covers college-preparatory algebra, trigonometry, and demonstrative geometry. [For Book I, see ED623224. For Book II, see ED623225.]
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Course Descriptions, Geometry, Junior High School Students
Roach, Ronald – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
Few historic episodes in American history have imparted a more potent plea for social justice and inclusion than the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. In the past two decades, legendary activist Bob Moses has channeled the best of the civil rights tradition into a campaign of school reform and curriculum development with the nationally…
Descriptors: United States History, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Urban Education
Wentworth, George; Smith, David Eugene; Brown, Joseph Clifton – Ginn and Company, 1917
This textbook is first in a series of three volumes presenting a mathematics course for junior high school and six-year high schools. This volume covers arithmetic related to home, store, farm, industry, and bank; intuitional and constructive geometry; and introduces algebra. [For Book II, see ED623225. For Book III, see ED623226.]
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Textbooks, High School Students
Wentworth, George; Smith, David Eugene; Brown, Joseph Clifton – Ginn and Company, 1917
This textbook is second in a series of three volumes presenting a mathematics course for junior high school and six-year high schools. This volume covers algebra, and arithmetic related to trade, transportation, industry, building, banking, corporations, home life, farming, community life, civic life, investments, and mensuration. [For Book I, see…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Junior High School Students, High School Students, Algebra