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Direct linkCwikla, Julie; Patterson, Marcelle Dessommes – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2006
This article describes an innovative lesson that uses the biography "Barbara McClintock: Alone in her Field" (Heiligman, 1994) to integrate genetics, literature, and mathematics as a context for students to investigate patterns on Indian corn. This two-day lesson requires students to estimate, collect data, identify and describe patterns,…
Descriptors: Probability, Graphs, Genetics, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedKader, Gary; Perry, Mike – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Presents a game called Push-Penny, played by pushing a coin and having it land on a line, used to teach students to develop intuitive feelings for the consequences of randomness, including data handling and the construction and use of tables and graphs. (ASK)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedCharischak, Ihor; Berkman, Robert – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1995
Describes how Logo computer simulations, or microworlds, were incorporated into a series of lessons on the nature of probability. Data were generated and displayed using Logo. (MKR)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection, Elementary Education
