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Peer reviewedBurns, Marilyn – Educational Leadership, 2004
Innovative teachers can make writing as an integral part while teaching math to students. The teachers will have to implement the math instruction that enables students to organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication, analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking of others, and use the language of mathematics to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Mathematics Teachers, Writing Across the Curriculum
Burns, Marilyn – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1991
Describes a learning strategy which asks students to write questions that can be answered from the information posted on a graph that they created. (MG)
Descriptors: Graphs, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction
Burns, Marilyn; Silbey, Robyn – Instructor, 2001
Presents suggestions to help elementary school teachers incorporate journal writing in math class, discussing a math journal's many uses (problem solving, process prompts, language experience, and class discussion) and explaining how to respond to what students write in their journals. A sidebar explains how to create a system for storing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Journal Writing, Mathematics Instruction
Burns, Marilyn – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1991
Shares a writing activity in which students create riddles to define a particular number. (MG)
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Mathematics
Burns, Marilyn; Winson, Beth – Instructor, 1992
Primary students can learn about computation and estimation by reading a story about the use of money, then following up with estimation and calculation activities. Intermediate students can explore the relationship between addition and multiplication using a computation game, collaborating on when, how, and why they use addition and…
Descriptors: Addition, Class Activities, Computation, Cooperative Learning
Burns, Marilyn – Instructor, 1995
Writing during math supports students' learning as they clarify their ideas and highlight what they understand. This article presents math and writing strategies, answers to common questions, various math writing assignments, and math activities that lead to writing. (SM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Essays
Burns, Marilyn; And Others – Instructor, 1994
Presents several across-the-curriculum activities for elementary teachers. Math activities include reading a book and dividing with beans. Science activities teach about caves and about the weather. A writing activity explains how to inspire students to write good stories. An art activity focuses on Chinese landscapes. (SM)
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Burns, Marilyn; And Others – Instructor, 1994
Across-the-curriculum articles focus on four areas. A math activity describes optical illusions and the properties of shapes. A hands-on science activity presents the chemistry of secret messages. A writing lesson helps students capture the essence of character. An art lesson presents a project on medieval castles. (SM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Chemistry, Class Activities, Creative Teaching
