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Peer reviewedKriegler, Shelley – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Presents a unit of study involving tangrams that integrates geometric relationships, scale drawings, graphing, patterns, and logical thinking. Provides worksheets for independent and cooperative activities to discover geometric shapes using a specified number of tangram pieces. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedAlterman, Alan E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes the "number 2 arithmetic challenge," an activity in which students score points by creating examples using the number 2 that satisfy an unknown rule. Computers are utilized to verify and record examples. Conflicts with computer responses create situations to explore negative numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, the order of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
Peer reviewedNorwood, Karen S.; Coston, Yvonne M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Describes four activities for grade levels K-3, 4-5, and 6-8 and for the family that explore statistical concepts using a manipulative familiar to students-SKITTLES candies. Concepts explored include frequency graphs, data collection and analysis, probability, measures of central tendency, averaging, and correlation coefficients. Includes…
Descriptors: Computation, Cooperative Learning, Correlation, Data Analysis
