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Krech, Bob – Instructor, 1999
Describes a consumer-math-skills project in which students make geometric shapes using pretzel sticks and gumdrops, then start a shop to sell them. This requires counting costs, pricing items, setting up shop, using money, making change, and understanding profits. Students reflect on the experience and write lists of the math they used to create…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Buckleitner, Warren – Instructor, 2000
Presents a collection of computer programs for teaching elementary and middle school mathematics. At the primary level, programs teach students skip counting, measurement, graphs, number patterns, place value, addition, and subtraction. An action game for the upper elementary level teaches mental math, geometry, statistics, addition,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Games, Elementary Education