GPS: Optimization Across the Curriculum

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Armando M. Martínez Cruz
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José N. Contreras
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Volume/Issue:
Volume 118: Issue 3
Page(s):
229–234
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2024.0320
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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.

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    • Grades PK-2: Counting Within a Geometric Context (83 KB)
    • Grades 3-5: A Floor Plan With an area of 16 square Units but Smallest Perimeter (77 KB)
    • Grades 6-8: The Rectangle with Largest Area and Fixed Perimeter (42 KB)
    • Grades 9-12: Two Rectangles with Largest Area and Smallest Perimeter (36 KB)
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  • National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common core state standards for mathematics. https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/

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© 2025 by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
Page Count:
6
Article Category:
Research Article
Received:
17 Dec 2024
Accepted:
17 Dec 2024
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2025
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2025
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