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The Beauty of Regular Hexagons
Arsalan Wares
GPS: Good Measures
Daniel K. Siebert and Monica G. McLeod
Growing Problem Solvers provides four original, related, classroom-ready mathematical tasks, one for each grade band. Together, these tasks illustrate the trajectory of learners’ growth as problem solvers across their years of school mathematics.
One View of Mathematical Learning Goals
Chris Willingham
How do you set goals for your mathematics classroom? What are you doing to achieve those goals? How do you share your successes and setbacks?
Problems to Ponder
Chris Harrow and Justin Johns
Problems to Ponder provides 28 varying, classroom-ready mathematics problems that collectively span PK–12, arranged in the order of the grade level. Answers to the problems are available online. Individuals are encouraged to submit a problem or a collection of problems directly to mtlt@nctm.org. If published, the authors of problems will be acknowledged.
Reconsidering Mathematical Authority
Michael D. Hicks, Jessica Pierson Bishop, Christina Koehne, and Mai Bui
Who has mathematical authority in your classroom, and what does authority look like? Find out different ways you can help students gain authority.
Teaching Is a Journey: The Frog in the Well
Linling Cai Chawla, Amanda Fox, and Elodie Resurreccion
Three authors from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, who discovered that their understanding of math and education have been limited by their cultural views, collaborate to become better educators.
Ways to Help Students Become Powerful Mathematical Thinkers
Alan H. Schoenfeld
Ear to the Ground features voices from several corners of the mathematics education world.
Build It!
Angela T. Barlow
Construct It! Triangle Puzzle Challenges
Enrique Ortiz
This article presents an original puzzle that supports students’ development of visual thinking and geometry ideas based on the Van Hiele levels of geometric thought.
GPS: Building Popcorn Boxes
Robert A. Powers and Michelle T. Chamberlin
Growing Problem Solvers provides four original, related, classroom-ready mathematical tasks, one for each grade band. Together, these tasks illustrate the trajectory of learners’ growth as problem solvers across their years of school mathematics.
