Many students have a dominant part-whole conception of fractions. We examine why this is problematic and explore strategies to move students beyond this limitation.
Beware of “Gaps” in Students’ Fraction Conceptions
Patrick L. Sullivan, Joann E. Barnett, and Kurt Killion
Encouraging Students to LOVE MATH with One-Straight-Cut Letters
Yi-Yin (Winnie) Ko, Connor A. Goodwin, Lauren Ream, and Grace Rebber
One-straight-cut activities engage middle-school students in learning about symmetry and geometric transformations.
Experiencing Joy
Christa Jackson
What brings you joy in the teaching and learning of mathematics?
Varying the Intensity of Scaffolding for English Learners
Haiwen Chu, Jill Neumayer DePiper, and Leslie Hamburger
Vary the intensity of pedagogical scaffolding along three dimensions—grouping, structure, and language—with the same rigorous prompt.
Volume 116 (2023): Issue 11 (Nov 2023)
Volume 54 (2023): Issue 5 (Nov 2023)
Acknowledgment
A thank you to the people who reviewed manuscripts for JRME.
The Beauty of Regular Hexagons
Arsalan Wares
The author shares geometry that inspires him.
Broken Ceiling Lights: Circular Area Without the Radius
Nicholas J. Gilbertson
A customer walks in to a lighting store with a broken ceiling light, and the solution to finding a replacement glass illuminates an alternative approach to finding the circumference and area of a circle without knowing the circle’s center, radius, or diameter.
“Discourse: Simple Moves that Work”
Molly Rothermel Rawding, Theresa Wills, and Introduction by: Karla Bandemer
An article from the NCTM legacy journalMathematics Teaching in the Middle School offers simple methods to improve discourse and engagement in the mathematics classroom.