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Publication Date: 2007-May
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Posing Problems that Matter: Investigating School Overcrowding
Turner, Erin E.; Font Strawhun, Beatriz T.
Teaching Children Mathematics, v13 n9 p457-463 May 2007
This article shows how sixth graders engaged in authentic problem posing related to overcrowding at their school. Students posed authentic problems about their school space and then used mathematics as a tool to investigate and act on the situation. (Contains 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Grade 6, School Space, Crowding, School Size, Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Computation, Measurement, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Small Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 6; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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