This hands-on task, featuring differentiation and open-ended learning, sets up students to discover area models for themselves. Organized around NCTM’s eight teaching practices from Principles to Actions, this article describes the task’s setup and implementation.
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Discovering Area Models: The Giant Sicilian Pizza Task
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The Great Mathematician Project
Sabrina R. Goldberg
Introduce mixed-ability classes to a project exploring famous mathematicians and scientists and ignite students' math interest.
Using Disks as Models for Proofs of Series
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Students use balls and disks to prove the general formulas for sums of squares and cubes.
