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Kenyon, Glenn C. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2008
This article provides the rationale for using Fermi questions with eighth graders studying algebra. It describes the students' reaction to such questions as well as their thinking processes and solutions to questions posed to them by their teacher. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Algebra, Student Reaction, Thinking Skills, Grade 8