Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students' achievements of intended instructional outcomes. Formative assessment means assessment embedded in instruction. That definition was adopted in 2006 by the Council of Chief State…

The purpose of this research has been to generate learning environments that surrounded second and third grade students with bi-directional counting experiences, leading them to discover and come to an understanding of opposite numbers. While engaged in games and bi-directional activities, these young students eagerly counted, by jumping frogs…

Measurement is a mathematics skill students encounter often in their daily lives. The act of measuring involves the use of concrete, hands-on materials that students find engaging and appealing. According to Martinie (2004), the best way to teach measurement "is to find or create situations in which students need to measure and let them…

This teacher guide helps build a solid foundation in algebra for students in grades 3-5 in which students gain essential understanding of properties of numbers, variables, functions, equations, and formulas. Throughout the problem solving activities, students use computational skills and gain a deeper understanding of the number system. Students…

Presents a problem on nets and polyhedra and responses to the talking club problem. (YDS)

Describes how students use crazy cars to confirm that the sum of measures of the angles of any triangle is 180 degrees. (Author)

Presents solutions to the Bike Trike problem that appeared in the April 2002 issue of this journal. (Author/NB)

Explores mathematics developed from square and tables charts. (Author/CCM)

Discusses how snack time can be used for mathematical activities. Presents several activities that can be used at snack time. (Author/MM)

This article describes ways in which technology-supported mathematical investigation can engage students with substantive mathematics. It focuses particularly on the ways in which the NCTM Process and Content Standards for the elementary grades can be supported by the use of interactive software such as The Geometer's Sketchpad. (Contains 6…

Presents activities on measurement using the metric system. (YDS)

Discusses the importance of connecting mathematics to real world situations. Presents a mathematical activity in which students decide how many states touch each other by counting the bordering states on the map. (ASK)

Presents an activity that engages children in thinking about the results of combining numbers. (ASK)

Presents activities for studying metric time where time is divided using base 10. (ASK)

Introduces an algebra lesson plan on two people saving money over the course of a week and the problems they encounter for early elementary school students. (YDS)