ERIC Number: EJ1435993
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug
Pages: 9
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Embodied Explorations of Slope
Rebecca Hudson; Payeton Stevens-Balducci; Liza Bondurant; Lee Dean; Catherine Putnam
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v117 n8 p570-578 2024
Our bodies help us learn, and our bodies may know something before we can articulate it. Embodied explorations are body-based learning experiences where learners have opportunities to make sense of and convey ideas with their bodies. These embodied explorations were taught at a suburban public high school, in the southern United States, that serves approximately 1,700 ninth-to-twelfth-grade students. The lesson was implemented in an Algebra II class with 15 students that meets for a 100-minute block of time. The embodied explorations were designed to help students develop their abilities to explain the meaning of slope, what the formula represents, and real-world applications of slope.
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, High School Students, Public Schools, Suburban Schools, Algebra, Human Body, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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