Strategies are offered to help teachers support the emergence of their students' math identities.
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Johannah Nikula and Courtney L. Nelson
Careful attention to lesson design and implementation can make the opportunities to learn, which are described in the Common Core, viable for all students—including English language learners.
Farshid Safi, Sarah B. Bush, and Siddhi Desai
Students explore the idea of equal versus equivalent, then learn about the social, political, economic, and educational implications of gerrymandering.
Math for Real:A Bear of a Problem
when will I ever use this?
Edward C. Nolan
Denver's large blue bear, which resides outside the Colorado Convention Center, provides the real-life tie-in to this estimation activity.
Annie Perkins and Christy Pettis
Students are given a problem to break down rectangles.
Matt B. Roscoe and Stephan Pelikan
A monthly set of problems is aimed at a variety of ability levels.
Kimberly Moore
Eighth-grade students use a character from Minecraft® to explore surface area and volume, resulting in the creation of a three-dimensional “Cylindrical Steve.”
David Rock and Mary K. Porter
A monthly set of problems is aimed at a variety of ability levels.
Joel Amidon and Matt Roscoe
A monthly set of problems is aimed at a variety of ability levels.