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Mohr, Doris, Ed.; Walcott, Crystal, Ed.; Kloosterman, Peter, Ed. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2019
"Mathematical Thinking: From Assessment Items to Challenging Tasks" is a compilation of 36 problem-based lessons that encourage students to engage in productive struggle and deep thinking. Its 36 full-length lessons for grades 2-8 are each inspired by an actual test item from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Test Items, Elementary School Mathematics, Middle School Mathematics
English, Vincent; Crotty, Yvonne; Farren, Margaret – Digital Education Review, 2015
Inspiring Science Education (ISE) (http://www.inspiringscience.eu/) is an EU funded initiative that seeks to further the use of inquiry-based science learning (IBSL) through the medium of ICT in the classroom. The Basketball Shot is a scenario (lesson plan) that involves the use of video capture to help the student investigate the concepts of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Motion, Video Technology
Actuarial Foundation, 2013
"Shake, Rattle, & Roll" is a new program developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, provides dynamic real-world math content designed to build student skills while showing students the relevance of math to understanding their world and planning for their future. Math skills are increasingly important for students. According to the U.S.…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Gifted
Moomaw, Sally – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
Children who learn math fundamentals in preschool and kindergarten have the best chance of later achievement in school--but too often, children don't get the effective early math instruction that makes all the difference. Now there's a core early childhood textbook that helps current and future educators teach the most critical math concepts to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Mathematics Education, Learning Activities, Textbooks

Barger, Rita H.; Bryant, Cynthia G. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2003
Describes a two-week unit based on calendars and births designed to be used in January at the start of each new year. (YDS)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Lesson Plans, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction

Brahier, Daniel J.; Speer, William R. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1995
Describes data analysis activities for grades three through six using unshelled peanuts. Includes two reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computation, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Food

Powers, Robert A. – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Describes a way of using multiple representations to help students learn data analysis and make sense out of a large amount of data. Includes an activity for a group-learning environment. (KHR)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evaluation, Graphs, Group Activities
Albrecht, Bob; Firedrake, George – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1997
Defines terrestrial and Jovian planets and provides directions to obtain planetary data from the National Space Science Data Center Web sites. Provides "number-crunching" activities for the terrestrial planets using Texas Instruments TI-83 graphing calculators: computing volumetric mean radius and volume, density, ellipticity, speed,…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Class Activities, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education

Watson, Jane M.; Callingham, Rosemary A. – Teaching Statistics, 1997
Describes an activity which allows students with a range of abilities to become involved in data analysis and informal inference while working in self-selected small group environments. Enables students to explore their own resources for asking questions. (DDR)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Games, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Williams, Paul H. – 1997
The Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment (CUE) was a joint mission between the United States and the Ukraine (Russia) whose projects were designed to address specific questions about prior plant science microgravity experiments. The education project that grew out of this, Teachers and Students Investigating Plants in Space (TSIPS), involved…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
McNamara, Timothy J. – Corwin Press, 2006
Helping teachers envision how math standards can be integrated into the secondary classroom, this book presents engaging activities and ready-to-use lessons aligned with NCTM content and process standards. This user-friendly book by mathematics educator Timothy J. McNamara is filled with a generous collection of lessons for each of the ten NCTM…
Descriptors: Probability, Elementary Secondary Education, Data Analysis, Graphing Calculators

Brosnan, Patricia A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Describes how one teacher is converting her traditional mathematics classroom into one that more closely reflects the NCTM Standards and shows how communication between professionals can result in rewarding changes in teaching and learning. Presents activities involving data analysis appropriate for middle school students. Includes reproducible…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Data Analysis, Educational Change, Grade 6

Pearlman, Susan; Pericak-Spector, Kathleen – School Science and Mathematics, 1995
Presents a lesson using chocolate chip cookies to involve children in scientific investigation and mathematical reasoning. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Data Analysis, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades

Pearlman, Susan; Pericak-Spector, Kathleen – School Science and Mathematics, 1995
Gives lesson plans for activities integrating mathematics and science in which students collect data on the nutritional makeup of a number of snack foods and relate this information to the recommendations of the food guide pyramid. (MKR)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities

Martin, Hope M.; Zawojewski, Judith S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Presents activities taken from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Addendum Series, grades 5-8, involving data collection and chance. Students determine whether a game is fair based on the data collected and examine rule changes to ensure fairness. (MDH)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Games
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