GPS: Counting Goldfish Crackers: Three-Act Math Tasks

Author:
Robert Powers University of Northern Colorado

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Michelle Chamberlin University of Wyoming

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 117: Issue 10
Page(s):
758–764
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2024.0164
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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

    • Grades PK-2: Goldfish Crackers (285 KB)
    • Grades 3-5: Cups of Goldfish Crackers (355 KB)
    • Grades 6-8: Goldfish Colors Crackers (551 KB)
    • Grades 9-12: Counting Goldfish Colors Crackers? (867 KB)
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Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12
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Copyright:
© 2024 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
Page Count:
7
Article Category:
Research Article
Received:
18 Jun 2024
Accepted:
03 Jul 2024
Print Publication Date:
01 Oct 2024
Online Publication Date:
Oct 2024
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