Problem: Decoding dimensions of the Dakota

Sherri Farmer; Signe E. Kastberg

doi:10.5951/teacchilmath.20.2.0072

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Volume/Issue:: Volume 20: Issue 2

Page(s):: 72–76

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.20.2.0072

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Subjects:: Grade(s) or Audience, All grades PK-12, Grades 3-5, Third, Fourth, Grades 6-8, Grades PK-2, Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten, First, Second, Math Topic, Geometry, Shapes, Measurement, Perimeter/Area/Volume, Other Topic, Problem Solving, Professional Development / Teacher Training

Keywords:: CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.B.5; CCSS.Math.Content.4.MD.A.3; CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.5a; CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.5b; CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.6; CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7a; CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.D.8; CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7b; CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.1; CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.1

Each month, elementary teachers are given problem along with suggested instructional notes. Teachers are asked to use the problem in their own classrooms and report solutions, strategies, reflections, and misconceptions to the journal audience.

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^*Sherri Farmer, sfarmer@paramountindy.org, teaches fourth grade at Paramount School of Excellence in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is interested in using photographs of her travels to support the growth of students' mathematical thinking. Signe E. Kastberg, skastber@purdue.edu, teaches preservice elementary teachers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She is interested in the development of constructivist teaching and enjoys working with teachers as they support children's problem solving.

Edited by Erin Moss, an assistant professor in the mathematics department at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

(Corresponding author is Farmer sfarmer@paramountindy.org)

(Corresponding author is Kastberg skastber@purdue.edu)

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Article Category:: Research Article

Print Publication Date:: 01 Sep 2013

Online Publication Date:: Sep 2013

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