Lawn and Garden//Pulp Paper

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 107: Issue 7
Page(s):
492–495
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteacher.107.7.0492
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Subjects:
Grade(s) or Audience, Grades 9-12, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Math Topic, Algebra, Linear Equations and Inequalities, Functions and Trigonometry, Functions, Geometry, Other Topic, Connections
Keywords:
CCSS.Math.Content.HSN-Q.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.HSG-GMD.A.3; CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-LE.B.5; CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.B.4

Students analyze items from the media to answer mathematical questions related to the article. This month's problems involve reading slopes from graphs, finding average rates of change, and interpreting linear graphs.

Footnotes

Edited by Louis Lim, louis.lim1@gmail.com Thornhill Secondary School, Thornhill, ON, Canada

Lionel Garrison, garrison@horacemann.org Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY

Contributor Notes

Daniel R. Ilaria, DIlaria@wcupa.edu, the co-contributor of “Lawn and Garden” and contributor of “Pulp Paper,” is an assistant professor of mathematics at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He teaches mathematics education courses and is interested in how technology influences preservice teachers' mathematical knowledge.

Matthew Wells, mwells@havsd.net, the cocontributor of “Lawn and Garden,” is a graduate student in the master's of mathematics program at West Chester University. He teaches mathematics at Haverford High School in Havertown, Pennsylvania.

(Corresponding author is Ilaria DIlaria@wcupa.edu)
(Corresponding author is Wells mwells@havsd.net)
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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2014
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4
Article Category:
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Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2014
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2014
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