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Publication Date: 2004-Apr
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Learning about Area by Working with Building Plans
Joram, Elana; Oleson, Vicki
Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, v9 n8 p450-456 Apr 2004
This article describes a unit of instruction designed to promote a conceptual understanding of area in sixth-grade students. Students used benchmarks to estimate the areas of real houses and calculated the areas of houses based on building plans. (Contains 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Geometric Concepts, Grade 6, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Computation, Geometry, Algebra, Building Design, Buildings
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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