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Direct linkParker, Tom – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012
As a fifth-grade mathematics teacher, the author tries to create authentic problem-solving activities that connect to the world in which his students live. He discovered a natural connection to his students' real world at a computer camp. A friend introduced him to Alice, a computer application developed at Carnegie Mellon, under the leadership of…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Oriented Programs, Problem Solving, Computers
Bush, Sarah B.; Karp, Karen S. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012
This article presents an activity based on the popular book and movie "The Hunger Games." The activity was designed to engage middle school students in using the mathematics found in the book. This activity provides a meaningful way to connect probability to a work of adolescent literature that related to, was interesting to, and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Middle Schools, Hunger, Mathematics Activities
Ely, Robert E.; Cohen, Jessica Strowbridge – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2010
It is important to use rich problem-solving tasks to develop students' understanding of important mathematical ideas (NCTM 2000). Rich tasks are complex, nonalgorithmic, and nonroutine, requiring reasoning, problem solving, and communication of thinking. Evidence has shown that using rich tasks in student-centered classrooms is especially…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Probability, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Problem Solving
Peer reviewedHylton-Lindsay, Althea Antoinette – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2003
Presents a problem-solving activity, the birth order problem, and several solution-seeking strategies. Includes responses of current and prospective teachers and a comparison of various strategies. (YDS)
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedSmall, Marian S. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Details six activities that utilize data contained in a telephone book. Topics include data display, fractional numeracy, random art, estimation, and probability. Contains a summary and extension activities, some of which focus on permutations and combinations. (DDR)
Descriptors: Art, Data Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics), Fractions
Peer reviewedGeorgeson, Joseph; Laughlin, Connie – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Presents 14 problems organized into three levels of difficulty. Topics include algebra, pattern identification, probability, and geometry. Includes solutions to the problems. (DDR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Calculators, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedReys, Barbara J.; Wasman, Deanna G. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998
Describes a mathematics fair prepared by the University of Missouri Mathematics Teachers Organization (UM2TO) which includes games involving numbers and computation, logic puzzles, geometry and spatial-visualization exploration, and probability and statistics activities. Presents tips for developing a mathematics fair. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometry
Mathews, Susann M. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2004
This article describes a mathematical model that connects mathematics with social studies. Students use mathematics to model independent versus convoyed ship deployments and sinkings to determine if the British should have convoyed their merchant ships during World War I. During the war, the British admiralty opposed sending merchant ships grouped…
Descriptors: Retailing, War, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction
