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Direct linkMarkworth, Kimberly A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2012
Students may be able to set up a relevant proportion and solve through cross multiplication. However, this ability may not reflect the desired mathematical understanding of the covarying relationship that exists between two variables or the equivalent relationship that exists between two ratios. Students who lack this understanding are likely to…
Descriptors: Literacy, Animals, Correlation, Mathematical Concepts
Peer reviewedJohnson, Jerry – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Presents 12 questions related to a given real-life situation about a man shaving and the number of hairs in his beard in order to help students see the connection between mathematics and the world around them. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Class Activities, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Jay – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Presents solutions at several different levels of sophistication for a problem involving 10 stools arranged in a row at a diner: how many different ways can the ten stools be occupied, discounting which of three persons sit on any stool, so that at least one stool is between two people? (AIM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedMathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1996
Three responses from teachers to a problem originally presented in the January-February 1996 issue are shared. The problem concerns sharing a fraction of a meal's price between six diners. Each response reflects a different approach to the problem and to using the problem with a class of students. (AIM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Logical Thinking, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
Peer reviewedMasingila, Joanna O. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Highlights the need for classroom activities that connect in-school and out-of-school mathematics. Presents two exercises from real life situations related to measurement concepts that involve a floor-covering context and the process of measuring. (ASK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement
Peer reviewedFan, C. Kenneth – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Presents an activity that connects area with cutting brownies which are in different shapes for different numbers, uses algebraic equations, and fixes the exact dimensions of brownies. Concludes with four different solutions from six people for the class of 16 and a trapezoidal brownie. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Area, Class Activities, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedTracy, Dyanne M.; Hague, Mary S. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1997
Discusses the importance of toys in improving students' motivation and understanding of scale, proportions, and ratios by connecting toys with their real-life counterparts. Presents a unit that includes measurement activities in order to teach these topics by comparing toys and actual measurements for known and unknown scale toys. (ASK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Class Activities, Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools
