GPS: Teaching Shapes Inclusively

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Samuel Otten University of Missouri, Columbia

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Tiffany J. LaCroix University of Missouri, Columbia

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Faustina Baah University of Missouri, Columbia

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Rebekah Hanak University of Missouri, Columbia

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 116: Issue 8
Page(s):
626–630
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2022.0317
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Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Math Topic, Geometry, Shapes, Other Topic, Communication, Discourse/Questioning, Reasoning/Sense Making/Proof

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.

Supplementary Materials

    • GPS PK–2 Special Rectangles (32.6 KB)
    • GPS 3–5 Building Shapes (33.5 KB)
    • GPS 6–8 Debating Squares & Rectangles (38.7 KB)
    • GPS 9–12 Inclusive Versus Exclusive Definitions (34.2 KB)
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© 2023 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
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5
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Aug 2023
Online Publication Date:
Aug 2023
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