Using Plot Twists to Engage Learners

Author: Laura E. Ryan and Leslie Dietiker
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Volume/Issue:
Volume 24: Issue 5
Page(s):
316–323
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.24.5.0316
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To deepen students' mathematical interest and knowledge, the authors use a mathematical story-planning framework to design and enact a fifth-grade measurement lesson.

Contributor Notes

Laura E. Ryan, lryan@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us, teaches fifth grade at Sherwood Middle School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. She studied elementary education at Westfield State University and mathematics education at Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts.

Leslie Dietiker, dietiker@bu.edu, is currently an assistant professor of mathematics education at BU. Her research examines how mathematics curriculum can spark students' curiosity in and passion for mathematics. Before graduate school, she taught high school mathematics for seventeen years in San Francisco, California.

(Corresponding author is Ryan lryan@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us)
(Corresponding author is Dietiker dietiker@bu.edu)
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Copyright:
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2018
Page Count:
8
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Mar 2018
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2018
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