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Let’s Talk Teaching: Games in Math Class

Monday, October 27th, 2008 11:50 am

Written by: Terese Herrera

In my years of teaching grades 6 through 8, I generally used games only for reviewing before a test. What I didn’t realize was how effective games can be for teaching the content. Each of the games below has a learning objective; each could be embedded in a lesson plan for middle school math. And, […]

Posted in Topics: Algebra, Factors, Fractions, Graphs, Math, Polygons, Process Skills (Mathematics), Quick Takes, Statistics

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Factors

Monday, July 28th, 2008 7:24 am

Written by: Kimberly Lightle

Factors and their multiples are so important to students’ work with fractions and number theory. These concepts come under the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Number and Operations Standard for the middle grades. The resources here are all hands-on, if only virtually. Important to their success is the classroom talk that the resources […]

Posted in Topics: Factors, Math, Number and Operations, Quick Takes

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