Pack a Truck: Decontextualizing and Contextualizing a Task

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Elizabeth Suazo-Flores Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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Lisa Roetker Lafayette School Corporation, Lafayette, IN

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 114: Issue 6
Page(s):
468–472
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2020.0289
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Subjects:
Grade(s) or Audience, Grades 6-8, Math Topic, Measurement, Perimeter/Area/Volume, Other Topic, Mathematical Practices, Reason abstractly and quantitatively

We describe how a group of eighth-grade students reasoned abstractly and quantitatively after the teacher fostered their engagement by using moves such as inviting students to draw and revoicing talk in a real-world context task.

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© 2021 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
Page Count:
6
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Jun 2021
Online Publication Date:
Jun 2021
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