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Do Numbers Have Shapes? Connecting Number Patterns and Shapes through the Vedic Matrix.
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Stemn, Blidi S.; Collins, Jill E. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents a lesson that teaches number patterns through the Vedic matrix found in Vedic mathematics from India. (KHR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction
Perfect-Square Geometry Partners.
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Swarthout, Mary – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2003
Presents the Perfect-Square Geometry Partners problem to teach students about patterns. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
Investigating Probability and Patterns with the Thirteen Days of Halloween.
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Wickett, Maryann – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1997
Presents an activity introducing probability and patterns to multigrade students. Uses the storybook "The Thirteen Days of Halloween" to demonstrate numbers, patterns, and probability. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts
Pantry Math.
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Schnur-Laughlin, Julia – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Describes a kindergarten teacher's experiences in using the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to increase students' awareness of basic number sense and understanding of patterns. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Responses to the "How Many Times Can You Take One-Half?" Problem.
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Olson, Melfried – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Presents responses to a division problem appearing in the September, 1998 "problem solvers" section of this journal. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
How Do You Measure a Dad?
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Kubota-Zarivnij, Kathy – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Describes a lesson in which second grade students learn about data management, number sense, and patterns as they analyze, classify, and describe their fathers' shoes. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 2, Mathematics Activities
Developing Mathematical Thinking Using Codes and Ciphers.
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Evered, Lisa J.; Gningue, Serigne – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Introduces basic principles of coding and decoding including the use of letter frequencies to decode secret messages by using the radio premium codes of Little Orphan Annie and Dick Tracy. (KHR)
Descriptors: Coding, Cryptography, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
A Teacher's Journal: Mathematics and Mother Goose.
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Young, Cindy; Maulding, Wendy – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Discusses opportunities to use nursery rhymes to aid in the mathematical development of young children. Considers rhymes that involve patterns, ordering, and problem solving. (MKR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Picky Patterns.
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Enright, Brian E. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1998
Explores algebraic thinking as children search for patterns while collecting, organizing, and graphing data and as they derive equations describing relationships found in the data. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics