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Hamilton L. Hardison – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
A one-degree angle would certainly be difficult to draw accurately, especially without the aid of other tools like a protractor. However, mentally making a one-degree angle in visualized imagination is not only possible, but it is important for students' emergent understandings of angular measure. When students begin learning about length,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Visualization, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Hunter, Roberta; Hunter, Jodie; Bills, Trevor; Thompson, Zain – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
While there is widespread agreement that "all" learners of the 21st century need to be numerate and literate, reforming pedagogical practices to achieve such an outcome is challenging for many teachers. This is a report of one aspect of a project which aims to integrate a culturally responsive pedagogical mathematics practice within…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Inquiry, Mathematics Activities, Integrated Activities
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Scherer, Jennifer – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2009
The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Math and Science Partnership Program (MSP) promotes the development, implementation, and sustainability of exemplary partnerships to produce high-quality math and science education at all K-12 levels. The MSP Program anticipates that the partnerships will be instrumental in improving student achievement,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, Institutional Cooperation, Interviews
O'Brien, Thomas C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Parrot math (memorization) seeks to control children through external rewards and punishments, rather than harness their intelligence and curiosity. Recent standardized test results document parrot math's failure. Activities-based approaches, supported by a constructivist philosophy (involving classifying, inferring, generalizing, and…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Constructivism (Learning), Educational History
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Livingston, Andrea, Ed.; Wirt, John, Ed. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2003
This publication contains a sample of the 44 indicators in "The Condition of Education 2003." The indicators in this publication are numbered sequentially, rather than according to their numbers in the complete edition. The Contents page offers a cross reference between the two publications. Since 1870, the federal government has…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Family Characteristics, Poverty