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Craig J. Cullen; Lawrence Ssebaggala; Amanda L. Cullen – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
In this article, the authors share their favorite "Construct It!" activity, which focuses on rate of change and functions. The initial approach to instruction was procedural in nature and focused on making use of formulas. Specifically, after modeling how to find the slope of the line given two points and use it to solve for the…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Generalization
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Gregg, Jeff; Gregg, Diana Underwood – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2007
This article discusses two sequences of activities that were developed to support middle school students' and preservice teachers' construction of algorithms for dividing fractions. One sequence is intended to promote understanding of the common-denominator algorithm; the other sequence is intended to promote understanding of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities