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Introducing Grade 3 Students to Digital Data Exploration
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Frischemeier, Daniel – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2022
In this article, the author presents a short teaching sequence to show how to introduce young students in grades 3 (ages 8-9) and 4 (ages 9-10) to using digital tools for exploring larger and multivariate data sets. The teacher guided the young students from creating bar graphs in small data sets on embodied cognition and enactive levels to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Data Analysis
A Mystery in Motion
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Choffin, Amy; Johnston, Laura – Science and Children, 2018
This article describes how two teachers implemented a 5E lesson in a third-grade classroom where the students had been working with forces/motion and investigating things that move like pendulums, swing sets, and various toys. The lesson was included as part of a larger unit on motion. The desired outcome for this lesson was for students to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Science, Science Education, Motion
Strategically Fostering Dynamic Interactive Environments
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Özgün-Koca, S. Asli – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
The Common Core State Standards (CCSSI 2010) and NCTM's (2014) "Principles to Actions" agree that "for meaningful learning of mathematics, tools and technology must be indispensable features of the classroom . . . that support students in exploring mathematics as well as in making sense of concepts and procedures and engaging in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Mathematical Concepts
An Amazing Algorithm
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Snapp, Robert R.; Neumann, Maureen D. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
The rapid growth of digital technology, including the worldwide adoption of mobile and embedded computers, places new demands on K-grade 12 educators and their students. Young people should have an opportunity to learn the technical knowledge of computer science (e.g., computer programming, mathematical logic, and discrete mathematics) in order to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Learning Activities, Middle School Students
Quick Reads: Using Ipads to Explore Parabolas
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Bixler, Sharon G. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
An iPad® can be used to teach students to graph parabolas with ease and grasp vocabulary quickly. Parabolas come to life for students in this easily implemented activity described in this article. Teachers can use this tool in a fun and interactive way to not only address these graphing and vocabulary concepts but also introduce and explore…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Graphs
Designed and Emergent Pedagogical Supports for Coordinating Quantitative and Agent-Based Descriptions of Complex Dynamic Systems
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Wilkerson-Jerde, Michelle Hoda; Wilensky, Uri – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2011
Often, quantitative and mathematical models are used to study complex dynamic systems--where collections of individual components interact to produce an emergent pattern of behavior. To interpret such models involves 'unpacking' the collective behaviors and interactions that underlie a given pattern. We investigate what representational supports…
Descriptors: Mathematical Logic, Measurement, Behavior, High School Students