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Robichaux-Davis, Rebecca R. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2017
Progressing from additive to multiplicative thinking is critical for the development of middle school students' proportional reasoning abilities. Yet, many middle school mathematics teachers lack a thorough understanding of additive versus multiplicative situations. This article describes a sequence of instructional activities used to develop the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Thinking Skills, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
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Wilburne, Jane Murphy; Napoli, Mary – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2007
This article describes a mathematics and literature interdisciplinary project for preservice elementary teachers that was implemented in several urban middle school classrooms. This project, based on the novel Chasing Vermeer by Balliett (2004), involved a dramatization of one of the chapters from the book and a follow-up mathematical exploration.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Middle Schools, Urban Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach