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Casey, Stephanie; Bondurant, Liza; Ross, Andrew – Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2023
This Perspectives on Practice manuscript focuses on an innovation associated with "Engaging Teachers in the Powerful Combination of Mathematical Modeling and Social Justice: The Flint Water Task" [EJ1264816] from Volume 7, Issue 2 of "MTE." We built on Aguirre et al.'s (2019) integration of mathematical modeling and social…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Social Justice, Equal Education, Educational Finance
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Day, Lorraine – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2014
Lorraine Day provides us with a great range of statistical investigations using various resources such as maths300 and TinkerPlots. Each of the investigations link mathematics to students' lives and provide engaging and meaningful contexts for mathematical inquiry.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Inquiry, Elementary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods
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Warwick, Paul; Vrikki, Maria; Vermunt, Jan D.; Mercer, Neil; van Halem, Nicolette – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2016
Lesson Study is rapidly becoming one of the most adopted models of teacher professional development worldwide. In this paper, we examine the teachers' discussions that are an integral part of the Lesson Study research cycle. In particular, we investigate the "dialogic mechanisms" that enable teachers' pedagogical intentions to be…
Descriptors: Observation, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Lesson Plans
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Murdin, Paul – Physics Education, 1991
Presents the origin and mathematics of Hubble's Law of the expanding universe. Discusses limitations to this law and the related concepts of standard candles, elliptical galaxies, and streaming motions, which are conspicuous deviations from the law. The third of three models proposed as explanations for streaming motions is designated: The Great…
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Science, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities