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Bush, Sarah B.; Karp, Karen S.; Albanese, Judy; Dillon, Fred – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
What better way to interest students in mathematics than using a Super Bowl® commercial? A Prudential® insurance commercial aired during the Super Bowl in 2013 was the impetus for this lesson (see it here on You-Tube™: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=IsNiKGMSHUQ). In the commercial, four hundred people were polled on "How Old Is the Oldest…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 6
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McClain, Kay – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Addresses issues of students' understandings of representative values of data--how representative values should be introduced, and what role student understanding of representative values plays in their ability to analyze sets of data. Highlights the importance of teacher support of student development of conceptual understandings of multiple…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
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Johnson, Art – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Presents different real-world mathematics activities on data display and data analysis with pie charts from different time periods. (ASK)
Descriptors: Charts, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Graphs