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Russo, Toby; Russo, James – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2022
This article provides a task that can be used effectively for exploring arrays in middle and upper primary schools, and the notion of prime and composite numbers in particular. As students are engaging in these activities, teachers can encourage them to record their arrays both diagrammatically and as number sentences.
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Multiplication, Visual Aids, Middle School Students
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MacDonald, Beth L.; Moss, Diana L.; Hunt, Jessica H. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2020
In this article, the authors share how gameplay with dominoes can leverage students' quantitative reasoning to promote number development and additive reasoning. This article explores three domino games (Basic Dominoes, Just Before/Just After, and Ten Train), and considers the following: (1) rules and details; (2) students' subitizing and unit…
Descriptors: Games, Mathematics Instruction, Computation, Numeracy
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Russo, James; Russo, Toby – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2020
Regular contributors James and Toby Russo return with a sixth principle for educationally-rich mathematical games--almost all mathematical games have the potential to be transformed into an investigation. This article builds on their earlier piece with Leicha A Bragg (APMC 23(3), 30-34). [For "Five Principles of Educationally Rich…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Williams-Pierce, Caro; Plaxco, David; Reimer, Paul N.; Simpson, Amber; Orrill, Chandra Hawley; Burke, James P.; Sinclair, Nathalie; Guyevskey, Victoria; Ellis, Amy B.; Dogan, Muhammed F. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
Mathematical play has a fairly short history, with strong roots further back in time (e.g., Papert, Montessori), and understanding the role of mathematical play from early childhood to adulthood is, as yet. unmapped. This working group will build on the success of last year's working group and continue to provide a community space to explore and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Play, Mathematics Activities, Age Differences