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Puddle Play!
Deanna Pecaski McLennan
A Better Tomorrow through Math
Christie Henderson
Math is so much more than numbers.
Danger! Animals in the Mathematics Classroom
Stefanie D. Livers, Kristin E. Harbour, and Lindsey Fowler
In our attempts to make a concept easier, we may hinder student learning.
Decomposing Rectangles
Annie Perkins and Christy Pettis
Students are given a problem to break down rectangles.
Four Moves to Motivate Students in Problem Solving
Anjali Deshpande and Shannon Guglielmo
Using surveys and focus groups in an inquiry project, the authors learned that four research-based pedagogical moves improved their teaching and inspired students to persist in problem solving.
Investigating a Super-Bear
Clayton M. Edwards, Rebecca R. Robichaux-Davis, and Brian E. Townsend
Three inquiry-based tasks highlight the planning, classroom discourse, positive results, and growth in one class's journey.
A Leg Up on the Metric System
Students use a super-hero theme to compare the imperial system to the metric system.
License to Do Math with a Full Tank
Ron Lancaster
Since its inception, the Mathematical Lens column has provided teachers with resources to use with their students to make connections between mathematics and the world around us through the use of photographs. The editors and the dozens of teachers who submitted material for columns have taken all of us on a journey around the world to discover where mathematics lives. These columns have offered teachers a license to do mathematics everywhere and to travel far with their students with a full tank of resources.
May 2019 Calendar and Solutions
Problems
Stephen Phelps
Edited by Anna F. DeJarnette
A monthly set of problems targets a variety of ability levels.
