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Direct linkLockwood, Elise; Swinyard, Craig A. – PRIMUS, 2016
In this paper, we present a set of activities for an introduction to solving counting problems. These activities emerged from a teaching experiment with two university students, during which they reinvented four basic counting formulas. Here we present a three-phase set of activities: orienting counting activities; reinvention counting activities;…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Cues
Doabler, Christian T.; Clarke, Ben; Kosty, Derek; Turtura, Jessica E.; Firestone, Allison R.; Smolkowski, Keith; Jungjohann, Kathleen; Brafford, Tasia L.; Nelson, Nancy J.; Sutherland, Marah; Fien, Hank; Maddox, Steven A. – Exceptional Children, 2019
Well-designed mathematics instruction focused on concepts and problem-solving skills associated with measurement and data analysis can build a foundational understanding for more advanced mathematics. This study investigated the efficacy of the Precision Mathematics Level 1 (PM-L1) intervention, a Tier 2 print- and technology-based mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Sherman, Jacob D. B.; Burns, Heather L. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
Sustainability education is a growing field within higher education that fosters personal and intellectual engagement with the interconnected tensions of pressing social, ecological, economic, and political issues. Sustainability education aims to prepare learners to become creative problem solvers and active citizens who understand the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Mentors, Peer Relationship
Schlessman, Elizabeth – Rethinking Schools, 2011
As teachers plan instruction--even instruction about punctuation--they have the opportunity to engage students' minds and create new labels: question-asking, problem-solving. How teachers teach embeds a vision of who they think kids are and what they think kids are capable of. Are they destined for a future of critical thinking, questioning,…
Descriptors: Punctuation, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans, Grade 5
Fung, Maria G.; Roland, Leon – PRIMUS, 2004
In this paper we discuss a variety of writing, reading and assessment techniques used in an elementary problem-solving class for pre-service K-8 teachers at Western Oregon University. We share our experience in teaching problem-solving strategies through selection and creation of quality word problems, problem-solving assessment and the Oregon…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Scoring, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction
Download full textOregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1975
This paper is a report of a 1974 conference of Teachers of Teachers of Mathematics (TOTOM) from Oregon colleges. The conference was organized for the purpose of discussing competencies of elementary teachers of mathematics. The conferees took the position that they could not define necessary and sufficient criteria for the competent teaching of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education
Peck, Julia McClintock – Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), 2005
This publication focuses mainly on research designed to improve adolescents learning of mathematics. Sometimes it provides insights into interventions to help all students learn more mathematics and sometimes special interventions that focus on the particular needs of nonproficient mathematics students. However, no intervention should diminish the…
Descriptors: Specialists, Secondary School Teachers, Administrators, Mathematics Achievement
KERSH, BERT Y. – 1963
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF CLASSROOM SIMULATION FOR THE PRESERVICE EDUCATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND TO CONDUCT A TEST OF THAT PROGRAM. A SINGLE SIXTH-GRADE CLASSROOM WAS SIMULATED THROUGH THE USE OF FILMS AND PRINTED MATERIALS. A TEST GROUP OF 40 STUDENTS, DIVIDED INTO 4 GROUPS, WAS PRESENTED WITH 60…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Experimental Programs
Higgins, Karen M. – 1993
This study investigated the effects of Oregon's Lane County "Problem Solving in Mathematics" (PSM) materials on middle-school students' attitudes, beliefs, and abilities in problem solving and mathematics. The instructional approach advocated in PSM includes: the direct teaching of five problem-solving skills, weekly challenge problems,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Discovery Learning, Elementary School Students, Heuristics
