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Theresa Wills; Jennifer Suh; Kate Roscioli; Amanda Guzman; Jennifer Everdale; Sandra Lee – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2023
This article describes "Build It!--The Rectangle Game" task that uses the context of a game to develop mathematical generalizations based on strategy. The underlying mathematics in this game-based task is for students to discover factors and prime and composite numbers through 100. The playful use of "The Rectangle Game"…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts, Generalization
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Fried, Michael N. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
The basic assumption of this paper is that mathematics and history of mathematics are both forms of knowledge and, therefore, represent different ways of knowing. This was also the basic assumption of Fried (2001) who maintained that these ways of knowing imply different conceptual and methodological commitments, which, in turn, lead to a conflict…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intellectual History, Science Education History, Educational Theories