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Kotaro Komatsu; Shogo Murata; Andreas J. Stylianides; Gabriel J. Stylianides – Cognition and Instruction, 2024
"Assumptions" play a fundamental role in disciplinary mathematical practice, especially concerning the relativity of truth. However, much is still unclear about ways to help students recognize key aspects of this role. In this paper, we propose a set of principles for task design to introduce students to the role of assumptions in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries
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Senger, Elizabeth S.; And Others – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Describes a classroom project integrating children's literature, Japanese culture, and geometry that grew out of the local killing of a Japanese exchange student. Fourth-graders read "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" around which the interdisciplinary unit was developed. Topics covered included Japanese culture, American social…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Literature, Cultural Education, Elementary Education