GPS: Barrier Games

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Joanne Caniglia Kent State University in Kent, OH

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Michelle Meadows Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 114: Issue 8
Page(s):
633–637
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2021.0036
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Subjects:
Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Math Topic, Geometry, Shapes, Other Topic, Communication, Discourse/Questioning

Growing Problem Solvers provides four original, related, classroom-ready mathematical tasks, one for each grade band. Together, these tasks illustrate the trajectory of learners’ growth as problem solvers across their years of school mathematics.

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