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Salinas, Tracie McLemore; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Mawhinney, Katherine J.; Crocker, Deborah A. – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2014
About 80 middle and secondary school teachers participated in the professional development sequence as a part of a larger professional development project. Sessions provided participants with half-day experiences in an inquiry-oriented classroom taught by a master teacher, in which they experienced examples of inquiry lessons as both student and…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Faculty Development
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Wares, Arsalan – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2014
The purpose of this article is to describe a couple of challenging mathematical problems that involve paper folding. These problem-solving tasks can be used to foster geometric and algebraic thinking among students. The context of paper folding makes some of the abstract mathematical ideas involved relatively concrete. When implemented…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Manipulative Materials