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Joswick, Candace; Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie; Banse, Holland W.; Day-Hess, Crystal A. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
The teacher displayed counting cards that included both dots and numerals in order from one to five, as she counted them with her students. She then turned the cards facedown, keeping them in order, and began an identify-a-hidden-card activity with the class. This class was engaged in the third of three card activities that develop number sense…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Executive Function
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Bertolone-Smith, Claudia M.; Gillette-Koyen, Linda – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
The first author's initial attempts at a whole-class mathematics discussion were woefully dysfunctional. Ten second graders showing their answers to a missing addend question about the number of children left riding a school bus did not result in the mathematical epiphany that the textbook promised. She did not give up on using mathematical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Classroom Communication
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Bittman, Erin; Moomaw, Sally – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Members of a third-grade class were involved in a heated discussion. They were using a fixed number of links to create fences for toy cows. The children could change the shape of the field produced by the links, but they could not add any links or take any away. Understanding the relationship between perimeter and area is a difficult concept for…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Integrated Activities
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Lee, Mi Yeon; Francis, Dionne Cross – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
Children's literature can provide useful contexts for teaching mathematics. In this article, the authors discuss the use of the children's book "Measuring Penny" (Leedy 1997) to support Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010) related to length measurement. The authors first describe three types of misconceptions…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Covington, Savannah – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
Is anything more refreshing than going for a nice, long swim? The math scenarios presented in this article will take the reader back to hot summer days and remind the reader what a cool dip in the water feels like. Solving these problems is enjoyable and encourages the solver to think of the many ways that math is all around--even in the middle of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Lesson Plans, Mathematics Activities
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James, Julie; Steimle, Alice – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
Persevering in problem solving and constructing and critiquing mathematical arguments are some of the mathematical practices included in the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSI 2010). To solve unfamiliar problems, students must make sense of the situation and apply current knowledge. Teachers can present such opportunities by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Academic Standards, Mathematical Concepts
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Yigit, Melike; Bofferding, Laura; Warnock, Miranda – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
The How Far Do You Think You Can Jump? activity (see EJ1174770) was completed in three different contexts: an after-school mathematics enrichment program at Woodland and Country Schools in Weston, Massachusetts; a small-group pull-out of second graders at Wren Elementary in Piedmont, South Carolina; and a family math night in Lafayette, Indiana.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Competition, Athletics
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Rumsey, Chepina; Guarino, Jody; Beltramini, Jennie; Cole, Shelbi; Farmer, Alicia; Gray, Kristin; Saxby, Morgan – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
In this article the authors describe a project during which they unpacked fraction standards, created rigorous tasks and lesson plans, and developed formative and summative assessments to analyze students' thinking about fraction multiplication. The purpose of this article is to (1) illustrate a process that can be replicated by educators…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Fractions, Student Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction
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Peña, Jesica; Cortina, José Luis; Višnovská, Jana – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2018
This article describes how a teacher in Mexico City worked with two researchers on an instructional design project to help kindergartners become proficient in participating in whole-class mathematical conversations.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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McCormick, Kelly K.; Twitchell, Guinevere – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Young children thrive in classrooms that allow them to explore and discover their environment and interests and also support them in this learning. Because children learn best when they are interested and excited, early-childhood educators should offer children play-based, integrated mathematical experiences (NRC 2009). In this article, the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Active Learning, Student Projects, Preschool Children
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McCormick, Kelly K.; Essex, N. Kathryn – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
This article reports on a study in which researchers asked children to "make up as story and a picture about marbles for this number sentence: 3 x 5 = 15." Students in this study came from pre - dominantly low- to average-income families living in three distinct geographical areas within the United States. A similar division task was…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Arithmetic, Elementary School Students
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Lomax, Kendra; Alfonzo, Kristin; Dietz, Sarah; Kleyman, Ellen; Kazemi, Elham – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
The goals of problem-solving activities in the elementary grades often include making sense of story problems, developing a range of strategies, and reaching accurate solutions. These are important mathematical aims, but they do not fully address the demands of modeling with mathematics as described in the fourth of the Common Core's eight…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Problem Solving
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Zeybek, Zulfiye; Cross Francis, Dionne I. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Measurement is an important component of K-grade 12 mathematics curricula. The concepts of area and perimeter of polygons are first introduced in third grade and serve as the basis for teaching in the upper grades. Without a strong understanding of measurement, students will struggle to meaningfully grasp three-dimensional measurement concepts…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Dean, Chrystal – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
In this article, associate professor Chrystal Dean describes how teachers can challenge their upper elementary students' understanding of area beyond a memorized formula. Herein she describes an activity that will show students the "why" behind using A = l × w to solve rectangular area problems. The activity will help deepen…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematical Formulas
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Hede, Jordan T.; Bostic, Jonathan D. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
In this article, authors Jordan T. Hede and Jonathan D. Bostic present a classroom activity that challenges upper elementary students' understanding of area beyond a memorized formula and explores the meaning behind students using A = l × w to solve rectangular area problems. This activity will deepen students' understanding of the area…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities
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