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Ming C. Tomayko; Jordan L. Almony – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
There is a growing reliance on plastic, even though it is a synthetic material that does not decompose. This article presents a series of six mathematics activities that use plastics as the context to teach environmental education to seventh-grade students. The activities can increase students' awareness of the plastic problem while also serving…
Descriptors: Plastics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities, Environmental Education
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Karoline Smucker; Francisco SepĂșlveda; Travis Weiland; Susan Cannon; Stephanie Casey; Sunghwan Byun – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
Statistics has been a content domain in the mathematics curriculum for decades. However, statistics is a distinct discipline from mathematics and there are important differences in how one should teach the two disciplines. In this article, the authors consider how these differences can inform an adaptation to the 5 Practices for Orchestrating…
Descriptors: Statistics, Statistics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Stohlmann, Micah S. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2020
Dude Perfect has one of the most popular YouTube channels in the United States. The task in this article is one of several activities the author has integrated into mathematics lessons in ways that engage students and that are connected to Dude Perfect videos (Stohlmann 2019). The author describes how he planned and implemented purposeful…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Questioning Techniques, Middle School Mathematics, Grade 6